Rain school

The children arrive on the first day of school and build a mud structure to be their classroom for the next nine months until the rainy season comes and washes it all away.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rumford, James, 1948-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
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Summary:The children arrive on the first day of school and build a mud structure to be their classroom for the next nine months until the rainy season comes and washes it all away.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Audience:004-007.
ISBN:9780547243078 (hc)
0547243073 (hc)
Author Notes:Award-winning author and illustrator James Rumford taught school with his wife, Carol, in Chad. One day, in the middle of the rainy season, they came upon the mud ruins of the town's primary school. Many years later, the memory of that school and the desire of Chadians to get an education no matter the obstacles gave birth to Rain School.