Mango Rain

by James Rumford

A Chadian boy builds a toy truck from things he has found, as a mango tree flowers, then bears fruit following a short rain.

48 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

I have been writing, illustrating, and designing children's books since 1996. I am on the verge of self-publishing through books that are printed on demand and via the internet. For more on my children's books, see my website: http://www.jamesrumford.com. I also have a blog about writing and illustrating children's books at http://www.calabashcat.blogspot.com. Besides commercially published books, I run a private letter press company and do limited-edition, handmade books. See more at http://www.manoapress.com. I am interested in foreign languages and in poetry. See my blog "Horace et al." at http://www.jasrumford.blogspot.com. I live in Honolulu with my wife.

Reviews

[Abi · Rating 3 out of 5]

James Rumford is a fairly prolific children's book author and illustrator, with some pretty well-known books to boot. (His retelling of Beowulf is one of the highest circulating classic lit retellings in my library, and I'm a fan of some of his picture books, like Rain School and Tiger and Turtle.) Despite that, I could not find a copy of Mango Rain at a single library in my state. I ended up having to purchase a copy of it for myself in order to read, which feels wild... Read the full review here