Rickshaw Girl
Narrator: Zehra Naqvi
Imprint: Listening Library
Grades: Grades 2-5
Ages: 7-10 years
Release Date: March 06, 2018
1 Hours and 13 Minutes
List Price: $28
ISBN: 9780525624431
Categories:
Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Asia, Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women, Juvenile Fiction - Business, Careers, Occupations
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Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Bangladeshi women and girls paint on their houses for special celebrations. But Naima is not satisfied just painting alpana. She wants to help earn money for her family, like her best friend, Saleem, does for his family. When Naima's rash effort to help puts her family deeper in debt, she draws on her resourceful nature and her talents to bravely save the day.
Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Bangladeshi women and girls paint on their houses for special celebrations. But Naima is not satisfied just painting alpana. She wants to help earn money for her family, like her best friend, Saleem, does for his family. When Naima's rash effort to help puts her family deeper in debt, she draws on her resourceful nature and her talents to bravely save the day.
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