Description

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For the Anasazi, life depends on precious rainfall. But after weeks without rain, the land is drying up and the corn is dying. Soon Sosi's family will have to find a new place to live. Her mother and father are cross and tired as they pack; no one has time for Sosi.
So she runs away, down to the bank of the small pool, and makes a family of mud dolls that dry in the hot sun. Here there is no crying or arguing. The mud father tells his mud daughter, "You are my lark, my lizard. I will weave robes for you and never scold." Sosi makes the mud girl dance for rain.
And the rain does come, bringing Sosi back to the family that needs her most of all.

About the Author

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Betsy James has written and illustrated several picture books and is the author of two young adult novels. She lives in Placitas, New Mexico. Paul Morin's first book, Orphan Boy, was an ALA Notable Book in 1991. A painter, sculptor, and musician, he lives in a house at the edge of a forest in Ontario, Canada.