The Library Bus

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Author Bahram Rahman grew up in Afghanistan during years of civil war and the restrictive Taliban regime of 1996-2001. He wrote The Library Bus to tell new generations about the st ruggles of women who, like his own sister, were forbidden to learn.It is still dark in Kabul, Afghanistan when the library bus rumbles out of the city. There are no bus seats-instead there are chairs and tables and shelves of books. And there are no passengers-instead there is Pari, who is nervously starting her first day as Mama's library helper. Pari stands tall to hand out notebooks and pencils at the villages and the refugee camp, but she feels intimidated. The girls they visit are learning to write English from Mama. Pari can't even read or write in Farsi yet. But next year she will go to school and learn all there is to know. And she is so lucky. Not long ago, Mama tells her, girls were not allowed to read at all.Award-winning illustrator Gabrielle Grimard's pensive and captivating art transports the reader to Afghanistan in the time after the Taliban's first regime. Her rich landscapes and compelling characters celebrate literacy, ingenuity, and the strength of women and girls demanding a future for themselves.AWARDS 2022 FLA Children's Book Award short-listed 2020 Northern Lights Book Award: Multicultural Category winner• 2021 South Asian Book Awards Highly Commended Books short-listed 2021 Governor General's Literary Award: Young People's Literature — Illustrated Books short-listed 2022 OLA Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award nominee 2022 RISE: A Feminist Project 2021 Middle East Book Award Winner – Picture Book Category winner 2022 RISE: A Feminist Project short-listed 2021 Governor General's Literary Award: Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books short-listed 2021 Middle East Book Award Winner - Picture Book Category winner Show more