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    When the Rains Come
    When the Rains Come
    When the Rains Come
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    When the Rains Come

    By Tom Pow

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPolygon
    Release dateSep 6, 2012
    ISBN9780857905314
    When the Rains Come
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    Tom Pow

    Tom Pow is an award-winning writer and poet. From 2001 to 2003 he was the first writer in residence at the Edinburgh International Books Festival and he was Writer in Residence at the National Library of Scotland in 2013. His books for children in include Callum’s Big Day and Who Is The World For?, which won the Scottish Arts Council’s Children’s Book of the Year (2001).

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