{"product_id":"rain-school-9780547243078","title":"Rain School","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill they give us a notebook? Thomas asks. Will they give us a pencil? Will I learn to read?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"While serving as a Peace Corps volunteer, Rumford was a teacher in Chad, and the authentic details illuminate the spare text and beautiful artwork. On double-page spreads, the colored-pencil, ink, and pastel images echo the words' elemental rhythms as they contrast golden-hued portraits of the children happily learning with dark, rain-drenched scenes of the school disappearing. The building eventually vanishes, but \"it doesn't matter. The letters have been learned and taken away by the children.\"...Without a heavy message, this spare and moving offering will leave kids thinking about the daily lives of other young people around the world.\" (Booklist, starred review)\"","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403024376151,"sku":"9780547243078","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780547243078.jpg?v=1730482170","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rain-school-9780547243078","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}