| Rain School Contributor(s): Rumford, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547243073 ISBN-13: 9780547243078 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Africa - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2009049701 |
| Lexile Measure: 510 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 11.5" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Topical - Self-Esteem |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 140157 Reading Level: 2.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rumford, James: - Master storyteller James Rumford combines his love for art and history in his picture books. Each of his books is vastly different in its content, design, and illustrations but one aspect remains constant throughout his work: his passion about his subjects. Rumford, a resident of Hawaii, has studied more than a dozen languages and worked in the Peace Corps, where he traveled to Africa, Asia, and Afghanistan. He draws from these experiences and the history of his subject when he is working on a book. His book Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing was a 2005 Sibert Honor winner. |