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Rickshaw girl / Mitali Perkins ; illustrated by Jamie Hogan.

LIBRA PZ7.P4315 Ric 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Perkins, Mitali, author.
Contributor:
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Hogan, Jamie, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Painting--Juvenile fiction.
Painting.
Sex role--Juvenile fiction.
Sex role.
Rickshaws--Juvenile fiction.
Rickshaws.
Families--Bangladesh--Juvenile fiction.
Families.
Painting--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Rickshaws--Fiction.
Family life--Bangladesh--Fiction.
Ten-year-old girls--Bangladesh--Fiction.
Girl artists--Bangladesh--Fiction.
Women's role--Fiction.
Role reversal--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Disguises--Fiction.
Accidents--Fiction.
Creative ability--Fiction.
Creativity in girls--Fiction.
Determination in girls--Fiction.
Villages--Bangladesh--Fiction.
Country life--Bangladesh--Fiction.
Bangladesh--Juvenile fiction.
Bangladesh.
Bangladesh--Fiction.
Genre:
Children's stories.
Juvenile books.
Social problem fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Domestic fiction.
Multicultural stories.
Physical Description:
91 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2007]
Summary:
In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.
Notes:
Sequoyah Children's Book Award masterlist, 2010.
Other Format:
Online version: Perkins, Mitali. Rickshaw girl.
ISBN:
9781580893084
1580893082
9781580893091
1580893090
OCLC:
68416546
Publisher Number:
99987196984

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