Beatrice'S Dream by Karen Lynn Williams

Beatrice'S Dream by Karen Lynn Williams

Beatrice is a thirteen-year-old orphan in Kibera, Nairobi - a Kenyan shantytown built on refuse and rubbish and one of the biggest slums in Africa. In this book she describes her life: her walk to school, the dust that blows between her teeth and the mud she wades through, her teacher's down-to-earth encouragement, her fear of being alone, how safe she feels at school...This sensitive account in words and photographs reveals the realities of life for some of the world's most deprived people - and offers hope as Beatrice follows her dream - to be a nurse.

'This book is a real eye-opener.. It is thought-provoking and full of insight ... A powerful and effective book.' Parents in Touch 'Eye-opening, inspiring and surprisingly emotive, this well rounded title gives a deep and relatable insight into a different world.' SLA Information Book Award, judges' comments

KAREN LYNN WILLIAMS is the author of over a dozen books for children, including Galimoto, a Reading Rainbow Featured Book and one of the New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi, Africa, which is the setting for When Africa Was Home, a Booklist Editors' Choice. She currently teaches creative writing and travel writing and works as a volunteer with refugee families. She has four children scattered around the world and lives with her husband Steven in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. WENDY STONE was raised in New York City, where she trained in photography and graphic design and worked for 13 years as a graphic designer. Her career as a photographer began when she was assigned by UNICEF to photograph their projects around the south-west Pacific. Since then she has travelled to many African countries on assignment for UN agencies, magazines and newspapers. She settled in Nairobi, Kenya in 1988 with her husband and daughter.

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ISBN 13	9781847804181
ISBN 10	1847804187
Titel	Beatrice'S Dream
Autor	Karen Lynn Williams
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Quarto Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr	2013-02-07
Seitenanzahl	32
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.