This is the story of a family outing that turns out to be a bit more than anyone bargained for. Mama and her three boys, Abel, Bram and Axelito, decide to make a picnic lunch and trek up the mountainside to see a wondrous waterfall. Mama takes tuna and avocado sandwiches, Bram scoops up his puppy and they are off. They reach the waterfall, but before they have a chance to eat their lunch a huge storm roars down upon them, flooding the dry riverbed and tearing the trees to pieces. Freddie the puppy is almost lost, and the family has to get down the storm-torn mountain side as best they can.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Annick Press Ltd .

Emilie Smith-Ayala grew up in Vancouver. She has been writing stories since early childhood. She lives with her husband and three sons on an orange farm in Guatemala. Alice Priestley lives in Toronto with her husband and little daughter, Ilissa.