It has been hot and dry for a very long time when a little girl decides to embark on a journey to find out when it is going to rain. As the girl asks the important question to her grandparents, mother, pet dog, and the ants living under the dead leaves in her yard, she receives many different answers and unusual ways to tell if it will rain. But as the clouds ultimately darken and fill the eastern sky, the girl finally has the chance to determine which one—or all—of the strange answers will become a reality. In this enchanting children's tale, a girl asks everyone around her when it is going to rain and learns interesting predictors of a change in weather.