Beatrice's Dream: A Story of Kibera Slum - Couverture rigide

Williams, Karen Lynn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184780019X ISBN 13 : 9781847800190

Editeur : Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Williams Karen Lynn

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

You can t help thinking how good it would be if Beatrice s attitude to life could rub off on those of us who measure our poverty by the number of designer accessories we have, or the car we drive. It will also, no doubt, be popular with parents and teachers, for sharing with those who see school and parents as major impositions on their lives.

(Armadillo Magazine )

Describes the life of Beatrice, a 13 year old orphan in Nairobi, Kenya, in an attractive book to enable children to identify with her.

(Church Times )

Gives young readers an honest picture of the realities of life in one of the world's most difficult places. But Beatrice's appreciation of what she is offered at school and her ambitions for the future prevent it being downbeat.

(School Librarian )

Eye-opening, inspiring and surprisingly emotive, this well rounded title gives a deep and relatable insight into a different world.

(SLA Information Book Award, judges' comments ) --Armadillo Magazine, Church Times, School Librarian, SLA Information Book Award, judges' comments,

Biographie de l'auteur :

KAREN LYNN WILLIAMS is the author of over a dozen books for children, including Galimoto, a Reading Rainbow Featured Book and one of the New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi, Africa, which is the setting for When Africa Was Home, a Booklist Editors' Choice. Karen also lived and worked in Haiti, the setting for several books including her highly acclaimed book Circles of Hope. She currently teaches creative writing and travel writing and works as a volunteer with refugee families. She has four children scattered around the world and lives with her husband Steven in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. WENDY STONE was raised in New York City, where she trained in photography and graphic design and worked for 13 years as a graphic designer. Her career as a photographer began when she was assigned by UNICEF to photograph their projects around the south-west Pacific. Since then she has travelled to many African countries on assignment for UN agencies, magazines and newspapers. She settled in Nairobi, Kenya in 1988 with her husband and daughter. Her website is at www.wendystone.com

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 184780019X
• ISBN 13: 9781847800190
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 32