Puchon, South Korea, where author/illustrator Yangsook Choi grew up, is an area renowned for its peach growing. A flood in 1976 led to an event still vivid in the author’s mind: peaches raining from the sky. “The heavy rains had carried them all the way from the mountain orchards, Grandma told me. But who could explain why they were not battered or bruised?” After feasting on the heavenly peaches until she could eat no more, young Yangsook thinks about the farmers who had worked so hard to raise the fruit. That leads her to organize her community into doing a kind turn for the farmers, and cart after cart full of peaches are returned to their orchards. Choi’s story tells of an extraordinary event in nature, and a compassionate human response. (Ages 4–7)

Based on the author's childhood in South Korea

The white peaches grown in Puchon are the best in all South Korea, and a rare treat for a little girl who lives in the town. She dreams of a peach orchard where she can play and eat as much of the delicious fruit as she wishes. Then one day, after weeks of heavy downpours, the sky begins to rain peaches. Yangsook finds herself in peach heaven - until she remembers the farmers who have lost their harvest, and decides she must help them.

Paintings with scenes that evoke traditional South Korean landscapes accompany this lovingly told story from the author's childhood.