Lila and the Secret of Rain

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David Conway

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Paperback / softback

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For months the sun has burned down on Lila's Kenyan village. It is too hot to gather firewood, too hot to weed the garden, 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 to her the secret of rain, she decides to go and talk to the sky herself. How Lila saves the village by telling the sky the saddest thing she knows is told in David Conway's elegant and spare prose style, which is complemented perfectly by Jude Daly's beautiful and poignant illustrations.

Author Biography:

David Conway is a children's picture book author who has written for Hodder, Random House, Frances Lincoln and Gullane Children's Books. He has been awarded The Peter Pan Silver Star by the Swedish wing of the IBBY, a Parents' Choice Gold Award in the US as well as a Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award for Lila and the Secret of Rain. His first picture book The Most Important Gift of All illustrated by Karin Littlewood, was nominated for The Kate Greenaway Medal in 2006. More recently Bedtime Hullabaloo! illustrated by Charles Fuge has also been nominated for the 2011 prize as well as the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2012.

Release date Australia

October 8th, 2009

Author

David Conway

Audience

Children / Juvenile

Contributor

Illustrated by Jude Daly

Interest Age

From 5 to 8 years

Pages

Dimensions

270x230x4

ISBN-13

9781847800350

Product ID

3149541

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