Lila and the Secret of Rain: 1

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He has been awarded The Peter Pan Silver Star by the Swedish wing of the IBBY, a Parents' Choice Gold Award in the US as well as a Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award for Lila and the Secret of Rain. You must climb the highest mountain," said the man to Lila's grandfather, " and tell the sky the saddest thing you know. This award-winning picture book tells with spare, elegant prose and poignant illustrations how Lila saves her Kenyan village by telling the sky the saddest thing she knows. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills.

A tale of hope, but also one of struggle, courage and endurance, qualities warmly conveyed by the co-operation of words and pictures. Your class will learn key information regarding evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection, begin to recognise the sequence and understand the importance of the water cycle for life on earth. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Your class will underline the letters that should be capital letters and add in the full stops to punctuate the sentences.In this activity, we look at how Lila tries (and succeeds) at persuading the sky to stop the sun from shining and start the rain. All of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! 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. I thought it may have been a little sad for a 1 year old BUT It is a beautiful story and has lovely ‘mummy/Lila moments’!

illustrated by Charles Fuge was nominated for the prize in 2011 as well as the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards in 2012.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. Why not download our Diary Writing Resource Pack to Support the Teaching of Lila and the Secret of Rain? Your heart will be drawn again and again to follow Lila in her quest to save her village with the secret of rain. It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service. We have included a blank template with questions and things to reflect on, as well as multiple choice.

Her books include To Everything there is a Season, The Little Blue Slipper, The Elephant's Pillow by Diana Reynolds Roome (winner of a US Parents' Choice Silver Award), The Faraway Island by Dianne Hofmeyr, Let There Be Peace and Sivu's Six Wishes. This book combines all the elements needed in a great story book: beautiful illustrations and a captivating story.This moving story combines a wonderful and touching fable with poetic prose not often found in children's books. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Lila and the Secret of Rain" is sure to become one of this generations' classic stories and should be a part of any little girl's home library. His first picture book The Most Important Gift of All illustrated by Karin Littlewood, was nominated for The Kate Greenaway Medal in 2006. David's picture books have been translated into many different languages and appeared regularly on CBeebies Bedtime Stories.

The resource and vocabulary are quite challenging so the working with some of Year 1 children in a focus group is recommended. 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. Your class will read through the sentences and highlight words that are homophones or they can choose the homophone that completes the sentences. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Drought and the very real idea of people facing the hardship of a drought are dealt with itender way.With the added magic of folklore , the African setting sparks interest in our world’s diverse cultures . 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. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB.