This award-winning picture book tells with spare, elegant prose and poignant illustrations how Lila saves her Kenyan village by telling the sky the saddest thing she knows.
For months the sun has burned down on Lila's village. It is too hot to gather firewood, or weed the garden. It is even too hot to milk the cow. Without rain the well will run dry and the crops will fail. Lila is so worried that when her grandfather whispers the secret of rain to her, she sets off to talk to the sky herself.
Lila and the Secret of Rain introduces the topics of natural resources and the impact that extreme weather can have on people's lives in a tender way that children can relate to. With the added magic of folklore, the African setting sparks interest in our world's diverse cultures.
Your heart will be drawn again and again to follow Lila in her quest to save her village with the secret of rain.
*A Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner*
| ISBN: | 9781847800350 |
| Publication date: | 8th October 2009 |
| Author: | David Conway |
| Illustrator: | Jude Daly |
| Publisher: | Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 32 pages |
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This award-winning picture book tells with spare, elegant prose and poignant illustrations how Lila saves her Kenyan village by telling the sky the saddest thing she knows.
For months the sun has burned down on Lila's village. It is too hot to gather firewood, or weed the garden. It is even too hot to milk the cow. Without rain the well will run dry and the crops will fail. Lila is so worried that when her grandfather whispers the secret of rain to her, she sets off to talk to the sky herself.
Lila and the Secret of Rain introduces the topics of natural resources and the impact that extreme weather can have on people's lives in a tender way that children can relate to. With the added magic of folklore, the African setting sparks interest in our world's diverse cultures.
Your heart will be drawn again and again to follow Lila in her quest to save her village with the secret of rain.
*A Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner*
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Lila and the Secret of Rain and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
Lila and the Secret of Rain features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Stories about Family and Friends, Traditional Tales, Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Picture storybooks, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
Lila and the Secret of Rain is available in Paperback
Lila and the Secret of Rain was written by David Conway and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Lila and the Secret of Rain has 32 pages
£7.19
