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Grandmother school

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  • Running Time: 00:06 hrs
    Narrator: Kirstie Hudson
    Publisher:
    Orca Book Publishers, 2020
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Singh, Rina; Rooney, Ellen
    Date:
    Created
    2020
    Summary:

    Every morning, a young girl walks her grandmother to the Aajibaichi Shala, the school that was built for the grandmothers in her village to have a place to learn to read and write. The narrator beams with pride as she drops her grandmother off with the other aajis to practice the alphabet and learn simple arithmetic. A moving story about family, women and the power of education—when Aaji learns to spell her name you’ll want to dance along with her.

    Genre:
    Juvenile fiction, Picture books
    Subject(s): Aajibaichi Shala | Grandmothers | Grandparent and child | India | Literacy | Older women | Schools
    Original Publisher: Victoria, Orca Book Publishers
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781459828100
    Collection(s)/Series: BC and Yukon Book Prizes 2021