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The roses in my carpets / by Rukhsana Khan ; illustrated by Ronald Himler.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.3.K4286 R68 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khan, Rukhsana, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weaving.
- Muslims.
- Children and war.
- Refugees.
- Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
- Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--Fiction.
- Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
- Families--Juvenile fiction.
- Families.
- Children and war--Juvenile fiction.
- Muslims--Juvenile fiction.
- Weaving--Juvenile fiction.
- Picture books for children.
- Refugees--Fiction.
- Weaving--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Holiday House, 1998.
- Summary:
- When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, he finds some comfort in the beauty of the carpets he is learning to weave.
- "In a flowerless war-torn world, a young boy masters the skills that may save his family from poverty. Flashes of bright colour symbolize the hope that shines from this mud-dominated world" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000.
- ISBN:
- 0823413993
- 9780823413997
- OCLC:
- 38356419
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