Monsoon

by Uma Krishnaswami

Book Overview

Get out your umbrellas! Children play, birds call, and grownups go about their business during the hot days of summer in northern India. But in the bustle of street and marketplace, everyone is watching, waiting for those magical clouds to bring their gift of rain to the land. Through the observations of one young girl, the scents and sounds, the dazzling colors, and the breathless anticipation of a parched cityscape are vividly evoked during the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374350159
• ISBN13: 9780374350154
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3