When the Rain Comes

Malini, a young girl in a small Sri Lankan community, is anxious about the responsibility of helping...
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Author: Alma Fullerton
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Language: English
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When the Rain Comes by Fullerton, Alma

When the Rain Comes

€25,82

When the Rain Comes

€25,82
Author: Alma Fullerton
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Malini, a young girl in a small Sri Lankan community, is anxious about the responsibility of helping with the monsoon-season rice planting for the first time. When a flash flood leaves her stranded alone with the ox cart full of rice seedlings, she summons unexpected courage to calm the ox and save her town's rice crop.

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.



Author: Alma Fullerton
Publisher: Pajama Press
Published: 02/08/2017
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 10.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781772780123
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/14/2016
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2016 pg. 149
School Library Journal 01/01/2017 pg. 71
Foreword 03/02/2017
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2017 pg. 77

About the Author
Fullerton, Alma: - Alma Fullerton's free-verse novels for juvenile and young adult readers have earned her multiple nominations and awards, including the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award and the CLA Book of the Year Honour. Her first picture book, A Good Trade, has been a White Ravens Choice, a Bank Street Best Book, and a nominee for the OLA Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award and the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards. Alma lives in Midland, Ontario.La Fave, Kim: - Kim La Fave is a multi-award-winning illustrator and designer in paint, pencils, or digital media. His honors include the Governor General's Literary Award for Illustration, the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award, and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award. A graduate of the Alberta College of Art, Kim also honed his skills in Toronto and New York before returning to British Columbia where he now lives with his wife and family.

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