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Kukamba loves helping her grandmother decorate her mud home in a dusty Zimbabwe village, but when the annual rains partially destroy all her art work, Kukamba learns to see the goodness of the rains.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stock, Catherine
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Clarion Books, 2001.
Subjects:	Zimbabwe > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Kukamba loves helping her grandmother decorate her mud home in a dusty Zimbabwe village, but when the annual rains partially destroy all her art work, Kukamba learns to see the goodness of the rains.
Physical Description:	31 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN:	0618003894
Author Notes:	Catherine Stock was born in Stockholm, Sweden on November 26, 1952. She received a bachelor's degree in fine art from the University of Cape Town, a post graduate certificate in education from the University of London, and a master's degree in communications science from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. After she worked as an art director for several publishing houses including Putnam, Coward McCann, Atheneum, and Clarion for four years, she decided to become a freelance illustrator and write children's books. She illustrated numerous books including Galimoto by Karen Lynne Williams, By the Dawn's Early Light by Karen Ackerman, and Doll Baby by Eve Bunting. She has also written and illustrated several books including A Very Important Day, Where Are You Going Manyoni?, Sophie's Bucket, and Island Summer. (Bowker Author Biography)