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PUBLISHER: Birlinn General

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781846972065

RRP: £6.99

PAGES: 48

PUBLICATION DATE:
August 20, 2012

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When the Rains Come

Tom Pow

When the Rains Come is a lively story for children that highlights some of the challenges facing Malawi and how they are being met, simultaneously drawing on the folk tales of the country. It will be a response from the writer and illustrator to the situation in Malawi with the aim of raising money for MUMs’ work and raising awareness among children and adults everywhere.

Tom Pow

Tom Pow is an award-winning author of both children’s and adults’ books. His picture book Who is the World for? began in Africa and Transfusion, his poem sequence about Ali and Mandela, was partly based on a journey from Nairobi to Cape Town, passing through Malawi.

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