Lila and the Secret of RainThe beautiful story of how Lila saves her village by telling the sky the saddest thing she knows. 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.

 

This book was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Jude Daly was born in London and emigrated to South Africa as a young child. She went to art college in Cape Town, and now lives there with her husband, the writer and illustrator Niki Daly, and their two sons. David Conway is the author of Shine Moon Shine and has worked with Gullane and Frances Lincoln. The Most Important Gift of All was nominated for The Kate Greenaway Medal.