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Four feet, two sandals

Two young Afghani girls living in a refugee camp in Pakistan share a precious pair of sandals brought by relief workers. Includes author's note about refugees.

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Main Author:	Williams, Karen Lynn
Other Authors:	Mohammed, Khadra, Chayka, Doug (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Refugee camps > Juvenile fiction. Refugees > Pakistan > Juvenile fiction. Sharing > Juvenile fiction. Shoes > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Two young Afghani girls living in a refugee camp in Pakistan share a precious pair of sandals brought by relief workers. Includes author's note about refugees.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
ISBN:	9780802852960 (alk. paper) 0802852963 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Karen Lynn Williams has written several books about the difficult lives of children around the world, including Galimoto (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard), Tap-Tap (Clarion), and Circles of Hope (Eerdmans). Karen has lived in Haiti and Malawi, but now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Khadra Mohammed is the executive director of the Pittsburgh Refugee Center and has worked with refugees in the United States and abroad for more than twenty years. Khadra lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Doug Chayka has illustrated several children's books, including Beekeepers by Linda Oatman High and Yanni Rubbish by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim (both Boyds Mills), and The Pink House at the Seashore by Deborah Blumenthal (Clarion). His work has also appeared in various publications, and has been honored by the Society of Illustrators. Doug teaches illustration at the Pratt Institute and lives in Brooklyn, New York. "