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Author:

Fullerton, Alma.

Title:

When the rain comes / by Alma Fullerton ; illustrations by Kim La Fave.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Pajama Press Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm.

Subject:

Self-confidence--Fiction.
Rice--Fiction.
Floods--Fiction.
Sri Lanka--Fiction.

Other Authors:

LaFave, Kim.

Summary:

"It is time to plant the rice crop in Malini's Sri Lankan community, and the little girl is both excited and nervous to help for the first time. What if she does it wrong? Will she be responsible if the crop fails? When the oxcart rumbles in loaded with seedlings, she reluctantly agrees to watch the big, imposing animal while the driver takes a break. Suddenly, the skies go dark with monsoon rain. A flash flood pours down the road, separating Malini from the driver and her family. They are shouting for her to run for higher ground, but what about the rice? Summoning up courage she never dreamed she possessed, Malini resolves to save ox, cart, and seedlings, no matter what it takes. Award-winning author Alma Fullerton tells Malini's story in expressive free verse that vibrates with emotion and energy. The moods of Sri Lanka's rainy season come alive as Kim La Fave, illustrator of the award-winning Shin Chi's Canoe, uses a fresh style that is both contemporary and impressionistic to depict the courage of one little girl facing the power of a flash flood."--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

177278012X
9781772780123

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

VWPC964 -- Calmar Public Library (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)