Lila and the Secret of Rain av David Conway

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<B>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.</B><BR/><BR/> 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. <B>Without rain the well will run dry and the crops will fail.</B> Lila is so worried that when her grandfather whispers the secret of rain to her, she sets off to talk to the sky herself.<BR/><BR/><I>Lila and the Secret of Rain</I> introduces the topics of <B>natural resources</B> and the impact that <B>extreme weather</B> can have on people’s lives in a tender way that children can relate to. With the added magic of <B>folklore</B>, the African setting sparks interest in our world’s <B>diverse cultures</B>.<BR/><BR/> Your heart will be drawn again and again to <B>follow Lila in her quest to save her village</B> with the secret of ra