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When the Rains Come
A mélange of a Malawi folk tale and the true story of three children who must be looked after by their grandmother, this book highlights some of the challenges facing the African country and demonstrates how those challenges are being handled. Filled with joy, color, and laughter, it showcases the work of the Malawi Underprivileged Mothers charity in the hopes of raising awareness to their cause.
48 pages, Paperback
First published September 6, 2012
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About the author
Tom Pow
47 books4 followersTom Pow is a Scottish poet, travel writer and teacher. He was born in Edinburgh in 1950. Several of his collections have won awards and three of his poetry collections have been short-listed for Scottish Book of the Year. Most recently, Dear Alice – Narratives of Madness (Salt Publishing) won the poetry category in the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust’s Scottish Book Awards in 2009. He has also written young adult novels, picture books, radio plays and a travel book about Peru. In the Becoming, Selected and New Poems was published by Polygon in June 2009.
He has held various writing posts, including that of Scottish/Canadian Writing Fellow, based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and Virtual Writer in Residence (Scotland’s first) for the Scottish Library Association’s Scottish Writers Project. He was the first ever Writer in Residence at the Edinburgh International Book Festival from 2001 to 2003.
From 2000 to 2009, he worked for the University of Glasgow in Dumfries, latterly as Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Storytelling.
He is currently Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow University Dumfries and a part-time lecturer on Lancaster University’s distance learning Masters in Creative Writing.
He has held various writing posts, including that of Scottish/Canadian Writing Fellow, based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and Virtual Writer in Residence (Scotland’s first) for the Scottish Library Association’s Scottish Writers Project. He was the first ever Writer in Residence at the Edinburgh International Book Festival from 2001 to 2003.
From 2000 to 2009, he worked for the University of Glasgow in Dumfries, latterly as Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Storytelling.
He is currently Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow University Dumfries and a part-time lecturer on Lancaster University’s distance learning Masters in Creative Writing.
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November 7, 2013
When The Rains Come is a great children's book for answering questions relating to cultural and racial difference. There is a story within a story, which adds to the interest and offers something different to many other children's books on the market. The story is not the most fast-paced, but does offer the contrasts between the joys and challenges of life for the characters.
The artwork by Malika Favre is sublime and the real strength of the book; beautifully stylised and with a real African flavour. Children will find it attractive to look at.
The map of Africa at the end is a lovely feature, showing Malawi in relation to the rest of the continent and adding a sense of place.
That it supports Malawi's Underprivileged Mothers is an added bonus.
The artwork by Malika Favre is sublime and the real strength of the book; beautifully stylised and with a real African flavour. Children will find it attractive to look at.
The map of Africa at the end is a lovely feature, showing Malawi in relation to the rest of the continent and adding a sense of place.
That it supports Malawi's Underprivileged Mothers is an added bonus.
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