Rain School

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It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa Children are filling the road Will they give us a notebook Thomas asks Will they give us a pencil Will I learn to read But 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 James 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. New Read [ Rain School ] By [ James Rumford ] – kino-fada.fr I read this book to a couple of Kindergarten classes this week in leau of Tsumami by Kimiko Kajikawa It is a simple story of a school in Chad, Africa, which must first be built by the children and their teacher before classes start When school lets out for the summer, the heavy rains come and wash their school of mud bricks and straw away leaving them to have to rebuild again in September I love the way the author makes it a point to tell the reader that the learning that has taken place duri I read this book to a couple of Kindergarten classes this week in leau of Tsumami by Kimiko Kajikawa It is a simple story of a school in Chad, Africa, which must first be built by the children and their teacher before classes start When school lets out for the summer, the heavy rains come and wash their school of mud bricks and straw away leaving them to have to rebuild again in September I love the way the author makes it a point to tell the reader that the learning that has taken place during the school year cannot be taken away from the children fo...This story takes place in Chad, and describes how a group of school children have to build their school out of mud bricks and thatch before they can begin lessons At the end of their school year, the rainy season comes and washes their school away Everything has to be rebuilt for the next school year This is one place where a permanent school out of wood or corrugated metal would help I liked the illustrations, which looked like they were pictures colored with crayons in a coloring book For This story takes place in Chad, and describes how a group of sc...Rain School is a story about children in African in a village name Chad and a little boy name Thomas and their first day of school For many children in the United States their first day of school begins in a building inside a classroom For the children in Chad, their first day of school begin with them and their teacher building their school with sticks, mud bricks, mud walls, mud desk, grass and saplings for the roof School for the children in Chad last for nine month, after which the big ra Rain School is a story about children in African in a village name Chad and a little boy name Thomas and their first day of school For many children in the United States their first day of school begins in a building inside a classroom...This book is another book that was one of the chosen books for the Washington State Children s Choice Picture Book Award The pictures in this book are tremendous, they look like crayon and then they were made to look wet like rain had gotten to them The story was beautiful because it told of a life much different than ours It talked about a school in Chad where big brothers and sisters were the ones that led them to school instead of a Bus and they had to build the entire school, step by step This book is another book that was one of the chosen books for the Washington State Children s Choice Picture Book Award The pictures in this book are tremendous, they look like crayon and then they were made to look wet like rain had gotten to them The story was beautiful because it told of a life much different than ours It talked about a school in Chad where big brothers and sisters were the ones...On the first day of school in Chad, the students must built their school building from mud and grass After the school year ends, the rains wash away the school, but the children s learning endures.The picture book Rain School by James Rumford features the struggles that children in the country of Chad face Each year, the children go to school and the big brother and sisters lead the way They all have to build the school as their first lesson They make their school out of mud bricks and grass When the school is ready, the kids retain all the material from their teacher At the end of the year, the big rains come and the school is destroyed, but the knowledge has been learned by the chi The picture book Rain School by James Rumford features the struggles that children in the country of Chad face Each year, the children go to school and the big brother and sisters lead the way They all have to build the school as their first lesson They make their school out of mud bricks and grass When the school is ready, the kids retain all the material from their teacher At the end of the year, the big rains come and the school is destroyed, but the knowledge has been learned by the children This picture book stresses to a younger audience how not every child has the same privileges The pictures show to kids how some people do not have the best standards of living and education Author and illustrator James Rumford incorporates two page spreads of full bleed illustrations that depict the text well The story itself is a circle story the school is built...Rain School By Jamie RumfordNo awardsGrades k 2Summary The big kids lead the young ones to their first day of school in Chad When they arrive they find that their is just a schoolyard THe teacher shows the children how to build the schoolhouse Once the school is finished they begin traditional learning The school year ends once the rainy season starts The rain washes away the schoolhouseReview This book is very simple in terms of writing It can probably be read as an independent book for Rain School B...I love any story that shows the power of education on children In Rain School, a group of youngsters in Chad, Africa are excited about school starting up even after they find out they first have to help build the school itself The...These children in Chad are so eager for an education that they begin each school year by building the school and the furniture necessary Although the rain storms tear down the school building at the end of the year, nothing can tear down the learning they ha...Very fine picture book tells the story of going to school in a small village in Chad Children help build a school building each year and when the rains come it goes back to earth Education is a gift that children can keep even when the school building is gone.

Rain School
  • English
  • 13 September 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 32 pages
  • 0547243073
  • James Rumford
  • Rain School