This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

This book was published 2011 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers .

Beatriz Vidal was born in Argentina and received her Bachelor of Arts from Cordoba University. Her illustrations have appeared on UNICEF cards as well as in many publications, including The New Yorker and The New York Times. She has since illustrated many books, but Bringing Rain to the Kapiti Plain was her first one.