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Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story is based and facts about corn.
23) The farmer
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Paul works hard on his farm while those in the village are resting, but when drought comes, friends unexpectedly arrive to lend a hand.
24) Leah's pony
Author
Description
A young girl sells her horse and raises enough money to buy back her father's tractor, which is up for auction, in this story of a Depression era farm.
28) The storyteller
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.
31) Dixie storms
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Description
Fourteen-year-old Dutch Peyton learns about growing up as her family struggles with a crippling drought and a painful past.
32) The drought
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
The ranchers are forced to sell out their herds when months go by without any rain; however, one night the cowboys decide to do a rain dance in fun, and it works.
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
In the early 1900s, four orphaned siblings, the eldest being seventeen, set out to fulfill their uncle's dream of homesteading in Tripp County, South Dakota, and although they face drought, discomfort, and sabotaging squatters, new friends and inner strength help them carry on.
34) Khumba
Description
A half-striped zebra blamed for the drought in Great Karoo embarks on a quest to earn his stripes by finding the legendary waterhole and saving the animals back home.
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