The library bus

Titre
The library bus

Bahram, Rahman

Sommaire
"Five-year-old Pari accompanies her mother on her library bus rounds for the first time, stopping at a village and a refugee camp so that girls there can exchange books and have a lesson in English. Talking with her mother as they drive, Pari learns that she is lucky that she can attend school the next year. Pari's mother had to learn in secret when it was forbidden to teach girls to read, and the young women the bus visits weekly have no other access to education. Inspired by the first library bus to operate in Kabul, Afghanistan.".

Date de publication comme intervalle
2020

Description matérielle
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Terme de vedette-matière
Books and reading -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.
 
Bookmobiles -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.
 
Girls -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.

Terme géographique
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Grimard, Gabrielle,

Résumé
"Five-year-old Pari accompanies her mother on her library bus rounds for the first time, stopping at a village and a refugee camp so that girls there can exchange books and have a lesson in English. Talking with her mother as they drive, Pari learns that she is lucky that she can attend school the next year. Pari's mother had to learn in secret when it was forbidden to teach girls to read, and the young women the bus visits weekly have no other access to education. Inspired by the first library bus to operate in Kabul, Afghanistan.".

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781772781014

Informations de publication
Toronto : Pajama Press, 2020.
 
©2020


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
George P. NicholsonE RAHBook31004000315924Picture Books