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In a Cloud of Dust [Paperback]

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  • Category: Books (Juvenile Fiction)
  • Author:  Fullerton, Alma
  • Author:  Fullerton, Alma
  • ISBN-10:  1772780006
  • ISBN-10:  1772780006
  • ISBN-13:  9781772780000
  • ISBN-13:  9781772780000
  • Publisher:  Pajama Press
  • Publisher:  Pajama Press
  • Pages:  32
  • Pages:  32
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-Apr-2016
  • Pub Date:  01-Apr-2016
  • SKU:  1772780006-11-MING
  • SKU:  1772780006-11-MING
  • Item ID: 100081155
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In a Tanzanian village school, Anna struggles to keep up. Her walk home takes so long that when she arrives, it is too dark to do her homework. Working through the lunch hour instead, she doesn't see the truck from the bicycle library pull into the schoolyard. By the time she gets out there, the bikes are all gone. Anna hides her disappointment, happy to help her friends learn to balance and steer. She doesn't know a compassionate friend will offer her a clever solutionand the chance to raise her own cloud of dust.

Brought to life by Brian Deines' vivid oil paintings, Alma Fullerton's simple, expressive prose captures the joy of feeling the wind on your face for the first time. Inspired by organizations like The Village Bicycle Project that have opened bicycle libraries all across Africa,In a Cloud of Dustis an uplifting example of how a simple opportunity can make a dramatic change in a child's life.

AboutIn A Cloud of Dust

2016 Rainforest of Reading Award Winner

2016 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award shortlist

2016 Ontario Library Association Blue Spruce Award shortlist

2015Resource Links The Year's Best selection

Soaked in warm golds and oranges, Deines's oil paintings glow with a sense of promise as the children race around the schoolyard on their bikes. Fullerton says quite a bit with few words in her verselike prose, and a detailed author's note discusses the vital role bicycles play in communities across Africa and supplies information about bicycle donation organizations. Publishers Weekly

Oil paintings in rich shades of orange show the children surrounded by clouds of dust...and the simple text reads aloud smoothly, making the book a good introduction for a discussion of different yet similar lives. An author's note, appropriate for adults sharing this story with children,l“ä

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