For months the sun has baked Lilas Kenyan village. Its too hot to gatherfirewood too hot to weed the garden even too hot to milk the cow. Withoutrain the crops ... » 

For months the sun has baked Lilas Kenyan village. Its too hot to gatherfirewood too hot to weed the garden even too hot to milk the cow. Withoutrain the crops will fail. Lila is so worried that when her grandfatherwhispers to her the secret of making the rain fall she decides to do somethingabout it even if it means confronting the sky itself. Lilas quest to savethe village is beautifully told in David Conways elegant sparse prose. JudeDalys colordrenched illustrations perfectly evoke both the parched landscapeand vibrant village life. «