Water’s Fickle Furies and the Power of the Elements
From a gentle drop of rain on a baby’s face to surviving monsoon floods and saving village from the monstrous wave of a tsunami, what these books have in common are the striking illustrations that demonstrate the power of the elements. This is a collection of titles that sweeps across Asia from the Middle East to India to Southeast Asia.


A Drop of Rain
By Yee, Wong Herbert
Illustrated by Yee, Wong Herbert
1995

A Very Big Storm
By Emily Lim
Illustrated by Scrawl Studios
2011

Bituin and the Big Flood (Si Bituin At Ang Malaking Baha)
By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
Illustrated by Jess Abrera
2010

First Rain
By Herman, Charlotte
Illustrated by Mitter, Kathryn
2010

Monsoon Afternoon
By Sheth, Kashmira
Illustrated by Jaeggi, Yoshiko
2008

Monsoon Summer
By Perkins, Mitali
2004

Once in a Village…
By Madan, H.C.
Illustrated by Bahl, Nina
1988

The Falling Raindrop
By Johnson, Neil and Chin, Joel
2006

The Flute
By Gilmore, Rachna
Illustrated by Bawas, Pulak
2011

Tsunami
By Kimiko Kajikawa
Illustrated by Ed Young
2009

Waiting for the Rain
By Kamakshi Balasubramanian
Illustrated by Yusuf Bangalorewala
1990
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