Rain School - Hardcover
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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 vibrant ink-and-pastel 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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🏆 2012 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee - Grades K-2 Award|2010 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Recommended - Picture Book Award|Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee - Primary Award|2013 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominee - Picture Book Award
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