01870cam a2200373 i 4500 461682835 TxAuBib 20201214120000.0 191230s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781772781014 hardcover 1772781010 hardcover (OCoLC)1134073777 TxAuBib rda Rahman, Bahram, 1984- The library bus / by Bahram Rahman ; illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard. First edition. Toronto : Pajama Press, 2020. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Five-year-old Pari accompanies her mother on her library bus rounds for the first time, stopping at a village and a refugee camp so that girls there can exchange books and have a lesson in English. Talking with her mother as they drive, Pari learns that she is lucky that she can attend school the next year. Pari's mother had to learn in secret when it was forbidden to teach girls to read, and the young women the bus visits weekly have no other access to education. Inspired by the first library bus to operate in Kabul, Afghanistan."-- Provided by publisher. 20201214. Books and reading Afghanistan Juvenile fiction. Books and reading Afghanistan Fiction. Bookmobiles Afghanistan Juvenile fiction. Bookmobiles Afghanistan Fiction. Girls Afghanistan Juvenile fiction. Girls Afghanistan Fiction. Picture books. Kabul (Afghanistan) Juvenile fiction. Kabul (Afghanistan) Fiction. Grimard, Gabrielle, illustrator.