The verse story tells the tale of a young girl Jane who looks out at the drought stricken farm that her family is trying to make a living from, and decides that there is only one thing that she wants for Christmas - and that is rain. She comes up with a plan to ask the man with a beard for rain for Christmas when she goes into town. ... This is a truly uplifting Australian picture book about Christmas. Read Plus
This is my fourth Christmas post of the twelve I have planned and again (by chance) the focus is on the droughts we experience here in Australia. This season has been quite a wet one but for many years our rural districts especially, have experienced extreme drought conditions.
The main thing to notice in this Australian Christmas book is the heat of summer. It is not winter in Australia at Christmas and yet so many of our songs, traditions, decorations and images contain snow, blazing fires, warm clothes and of course the all important chimney.
A new edition of this book was published in 2020 so I am happy to say it is still available. You can see the whole book here. The first image in this video is strangely not the cover of the book but then the actual pages begin. I suggest turning off the sound and viewing the pages of the book in full screen and then reading the text yourself.
I would pair this book with Thank you Santa by Margaret Wild illustrated by Kerry Argent. This is the same illustrator of the first book from my Christmas series this year - Wombat Divine.
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