A Sky-Blue Bench

A young Afghan amputee matter-of-factly removes her own barrier to education, building a bench from discarded wood so that she and her ¿helper-leg¿ can sit through school in comfort.

Info autore

Bahram Rahman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and grew up during the civil war and the Taliban regime. He earned a medical degree at Kabul Medical University and a master's degree in public policy at the University of Erfurt, Germany, while also working as an activist in Afghanistan in the areas of gender equality and youth political participation. Bahram came to Canada as a refugee in 2012, and today he is a senior policy advisor at the Ministry of Health in Ontario. His first picture book, the New York Times-reviewed The Library Bus, documents the barriers to education experienced by girls in war-torn countries and their resilience and ingenuity in overcoming them.


Peggy Collins is a graphic designer and an award-winning children's book author-illustrator with more than 35 titles to her name, including Harley the Hero, Hungry for Math: Poems to Munch On, In the Snow, and In the Garden. Peggy teaches animation at Loyalist College as well as illustration and drawing at St. Lawrence College. She has also written and illustrated for animated apps teaching math, indigenous history, and education. Peggy lives in Newburgh, Ontario with her two children.

Riassunto

A young Afghan amputee matter-of-factly removes her own barrier to education, building a bench from discarded wood so that she and her "helper-leg" can sit through school in comfort.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bahram Rahman
• Con la collaborazione di: Peggy Collins (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 4 a 7 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2021, ritardato
• EAN: 9781772782226
• ISBN: 978-1-77278-222-6
• Pagine: 32
• Illustrazioni: Full-color illustrations throughout
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Gioco, apprendimento > Creatività; Afghanistan, JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia, 21st Century, Handicrafts (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 5 years, 5-7 years, Fiction, Picture Book, Non-character, Non Tie-in, Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage social issues: War & conflict issues, Aria;Babak;Kaka Najar, Herat, Afghanistan, Children with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction, Resilience (Personality trait) – Juvenile fiction, Artificial legs – Juvenile fiction