Lila and the Secret of Rain: 1

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. His first picture book The Most Important Gift of All illustrated by Karin Littlewood, was nominated for The Kate Greenaway Medal in 2006. illustrated by Charles Fuge was nominated for the prize in 2011 as well as the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards in 2012. With the added magic of folklore , the African setting sparks interest in our world’s diverse cultures .

This moving story combines a wonderful and touching fable with poetic prose not often found in children's books.You can also allow your class to reflect more on persuasive writing and think about how Lila persuaded the sky in the story and the reasons for it.

Follow the story of Lila and her village in Kenya, and how she saves her people from drought by learning the secret of rain from her grandfather.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 is a beautiful story about a girl who just wants to help and make things better for everyone by bringing rain to her village.Lila and the Secret of Rain introduces the topics of natural resources and the impact that extreme weather can have on people's lives in a tender way that children can relate to. It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service. Lila is so worried that when her grandfather whispers the secret of rain to her, she sets off to talk to the sky herself. The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster was chosen as one of the children's books of the year 2008 by Nicolette Jones of The Sunday Times and was shortlisted for the 2009 Sheffield Children's Book Award. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in Year 1 and Year 2.