An author’s note gently introduces an age-appropriate discussion of landmines and their impact on the lives of children in many nations, especially Afghanistan, which has the highest concentration of landmines of any country in the world. Illustrator Peggy Collins imbues Aria with an infectious spunkiness and grit that make her relatable even to readers with a very different school experience. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Abuelita and Me. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. In A Sky-Blue Bench, Bahram Rahman, autho r of The Library Bus, returns again to the setting of his homeland, Afghanistan, to reveal the resilience and resolve of young children-especially young girls-who face barriers to education. Abuelita and Me - Ebook written by Leonarda Carranza. The answer is obvious: she will gather materials, talk to Kaka Najar, the carpenter in the old city, and learn to build a bench for herself. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Abuelita and Me. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.

Spending time at home with Abuelita means. If she had a bench, her leg would not hurt so much. Abuelita and Me - Kindle edition by Carranza, Leonarda, Mayani, Rafael. Abuelita and Me Written by Leonarda Carranza, illustrated by Rafael Mayani Published by Annick Press (April 12). She knows that before the war changed many things in Afghanistan, schools like hers had benches for students to sit at. Just as Aria feared, sitting on the floor is so uncomfortable that she can’t think about learning at all. She’s excited, but she’s also worried about sitting on the hard floor all day with her new prosthetic “helper-leg.” It’s Afghan schoolgirl Aria’s first day back at school since her accident.

Abuelita and Me by Leonarda Carranza