Gift days by Winters, Kari-Lynn

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Gift days (#0830UCX)

by Winters, Kari-Lynn; illustrated by Taylor, Stephen
Hardcover — Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2012

Price: USD 18.64

Dewey: -E-; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 2.8
Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 26 cm

Product Overview
From Follett
Text mainly in English with some Luganda. A young girl who longs to study but must run the household and look after her siblings after her mother's death gets an invaluable gift from her brother. One day a week, her brother does her chores so that she can pursue her dream of an education, just as her mother would have wanted, in this tale about overcoming obstacles.
From the Publisher

Storytelling World Award honour book 2014

Rainforest of Reading Award nominee, 2013

Young Nassali longs to read and write like her brother, but since her mother's death, Nassali is responsible for looking after her younger siblings and running the household. There is no time for books and learning. Then one day, she wakes up to discover that her chores have been taken care of. It is her first gift day. From that day on, once a week, her brother gives Nassali the gift of time so that she can pursue her dream of an education, just as her mother would have wanted.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
  • Publication Date: October 3, 2012
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Dewey: -E-
  • Classifications: Fiction, Easy
  • Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
  • Tracings: Taylor, Stephen, 1964- illustrator.
  • ISBN-10: 1-55455-192-7
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-55455-192-7
  • Follett Number: 0830UCX
  • Reading Level: 2.8
  • Audience: Lower Elementary