On a wet spring day, a child watches the rain fall, following the drops as they hit the ground. But this is not an ordinary day, and these are not ordinary raindrops-these are rain people, here to bring the world back to life after winter.

Jin Bo is a Professor in the Music Department at Capital Normal University, Beijing. He has been writing children's stories, poems, and fairy tales for fifty years and has won many prizes for his children's books.

Yin Yusun (also known as Yi) is a graduate of the China Academy of Art and a freelance illustrator and animator.

Helen Wang translates Chinese children's books into English. Her work includes Cao Wenxuan's novels Bronze and Sunflower and Dragonfly Eyes.