Lila and the Secret of Rain

Lila and her family live in a village in Kenya where the sun is shining and shining and shining and the rain does not come. This drought is making life very hard for the villagers because not only do they have no water to drink but their animals and their crops have no water. It is so hot that no one wants to weed or walk about in the sun. Lila's grandfather tells her the secret of the rain. If you climb to the top of the mountain and tell the sky the saddest thing you know. Lila sets off and climbs and climbs and climbs. At the top of the mountain she begins to tell the sky of her saddest things but the rain does not come. What can she do? How can she save her village? Ages 5-9 32 pages