Rain School
by:
James Rumford (author)
It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road. "Will they give us a notebook?" Thomas asks. "Will they give us a pencil?” "Will I learn to read?" But when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom, no desks. Just a teacher. "We will...
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It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road. "Will they give us a notebook?" Thomas asks. "Will they give us a pencil?” "Will I learn to read?" But when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom, no desks. Just a teacher. "We will build our school," she says. "This is our first lesson." James Rumford, who lived in Chad as a Peace Corps volunteer, fills these pages with the vibrant colors of Africa and the spare words of a poet to show how important learning is in a country where only a few children are able to go to school.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780547243078 (0547243073)
ASIN: 547243073
Publish date: October 25th 2010
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Africa,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Culture,
Education,
Picture Books,
School Stories
It’s the first day of school. A group of children are walking to school, excited about the start of classes. They walk and walk and finally they arrive. There are no books. There are no desks. There is no school building. The teacher is there. ‘’We will build our school,” she says. “This is the firs...
Beautiful illustrations but I wanted more of a story.
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