In the bustle of street and marketplace, everyone is watching, waiting for those magical clouds to bring their gift of rain to the land. A child describes waiting for the monsoon rains to arrive and the worry that they will not come.

Related: Early Years (ages 2-6), India, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction

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• ISBN: 9780374350154
• Author: Krishnaswami, Uma
• Illustrator: Akib, James
• Published: 2003, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), India, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction
• No. of pages: 32