Published by Tamarind, part of Random House Children's Publishers UK
Illustrated by Karin Littlewood
Format: Paperback
£5.99
Author:
Anne Faundez
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781848530157
£5.99
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EAN: 9781848530157
Published: 29 Apr 2010
Lindiwe visits Earth to show her daughter Thandi all the beautiful plants and animals she has made. But when they arrive, they see wilted trees. They find soil that is dusty and lifeless. The animals are tired and thirsty. Lindiwe and Thandi must find a way to make Earth well again.
With beautiful watercolour illustrations and a page of information about traditional African pottery and beads.
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The Day the Rains Fell is the best book I've seen for younger children - and for parents who want their children to enjoy and learn at the same time - about why humanity and every species on the planet is threatened
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A lovely African creation story
- School Library Association
The rich warm colours of the watercolour illustrations evoke the African landscape that is the backdrop for the story. A lovely book
- Books for Keeps
Beautiful watercolour illustrations by Karin Littlewood really bring this book to life
- Parents in Touch
Anne Faundez spent her childhood in Egypt and teenage years in Australia. She has been in publishing for most of her working life, specialising in fine arts and in education. She was reviews editor of Junior Education magazine and literacy consultant for Scholastic's educational division for more than ten years. She has written a range of teachers' notes, worked on various reading schemes for primary school children and published several fiction and non-fiction books for children. The Day the Rains Fell is her first book for Tamarind.
