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The Library Bus (Hardcover) Loot Price: R383
Discovery Miles 3 830
The Library Bus (Hardcover): Bahram Rahman

The Library Bus (Hardcover)

Bahram Rahman; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

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Author Bahram Rahman grew up in Afghanistan during years of civil war and the restrictive Taliban regime of 1996-2001. He wrote The Library Bus to tell new generations about the struggles of women who, like his own sister, were forbidden to learn. It is still dark in Kabul, Afghanistan when the library bus rumbles out of the city. There are no bus seats-instead there are chairs and tables and shelves of books. And there are no passengers-instead there is Pari, who is nervously starting her first day as Mama's library helper. Pari stands tall to hand out notebooks and pencils at the villages and the refugee camp, but she feels intimidated. The girls they visit are learning to write English from Mama. Pari can't even read or write in Farsi yet. But next year she will go to school and learn all there is to know. And she is so lucky. Not long ago, Mama tells her, girls were not allowed to read at all. Award-winning illustrator Gabrielle Grimard's pensive and captivating art transports the reader to Afghanistan in the time after the Taliban's first regime. Her rich landscapes and compelling characters celebrate literacy, ingenuity, and the strength of women and girls demanding a future for themselves.

General

Imprint: Pajama Press
Country of origin: Canada
Release date: November 2020
First published: 2020
Authors: Bahram Rahman
Illustrators: Gabrielle Grimard
Dimensions: 254 x 229 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Reinforced binding / With printed dust jacket
Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 978-1-77278-101-4
Categories: Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > General
Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues > General
Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General
Promotions > School Holidays > Fiction Reads
LSN: 1-77278-101-0
Barcode: 9781772781014

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