We Need to Go to School: Voices of the Rugmark Children

Roberts-Davis, Tanya

ISBN 10: 0888994265 / ISBN 13: 9780888994264

Published by Groundwood Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003

About this Item

presumed first edition, no additional printings indicated, as new condition, softcover booklet, 48 pages, no jacket as issued, inscribed by author on the title page: "To Marnie Taylor, In friendship, Tanya Roberts-Davis".

Seller Inventory # 002362

Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Need to Go to School: Voices of the Rugmark Children
• Publisher: Groundwood Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0888994265
• ISBN 13: 9780888994264
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

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Synopsis

I used to weave carpets from five o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock at night." The speaker is Kanta, a Nepalese child who worked as a virtual slave to carpet factory owners. When Kanta and her friends accept a Rugmark inspector's offer to go to school, their lives change radically. One result is this poignant collection of poems, drawings, and stories by the children that describe their fear of change, the loneliness of attending a new school, and the joy of having food, water, playtime, and a chance to dream.