Story of a rain-song woman who ends a drought with the help of neighborhood kids and their initially grumpy parents and neighbors. Great characterization and dialogue. Fun to read aloud. ( )

This book is about a town who desperately needs rain. A woman arrives and sings a rain song, in which the town people look at her crazily. The rain comes down and they are all astonished, but the woman leaves without being seen.

I think this book would be good for a 2nd to 4th-grade classroom. You could talk about if people really did rain songs in those days. It also is a great read aloud with many colorful pictures for the children to enjoy. ( )