Rain School

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 10/25/2010
ISBN: 9780547243078
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 11.50w x 0.40d
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Recommended

Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 44
Booklist 09/01/2010 pg. 97
School Library Journal 10/01/2010 pg. 93
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2010
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2010
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2011 pg. 14

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 140157 / Rain School
Reading Level: 2.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5