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Rickshaw Girl
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  • Published: 1 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9781580893084
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $35.00

Rickshaw Girl

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EBook
24 May 2016
Audiobook
6 Mar 2018
Paperback
1 Jan 2014
Hardback
1 Jan 2014
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New York Public Library’s “100 Best Children's Books of the Past 100 Years”
Jane Addams Honor Book
Maine Library Association Lupine Honor Book
ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Award Book
Bank Street Best Children's Books List (Starred)
Association of Children's Booksellers Best Book
 
The critically acclaimed story of a young, artistic Bangladeshi girl who bravely defies tradition in order to support her family through hard times
 
Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Bangladeshi women and girls paint on their houses for special celebrations. But Naima is not satisfied just painting alpana. She wants to help earn money for her family, like her best friend, Saleem, does for his family.

When Naima's rash effort to help puts her family deeper in debt, she draws on her resourceful nature and her talents to bravely save the day.
 
Includes a glossary of Bangla words and an author's note about a changing Bangladesh and microfinance.
  • Published: 1 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9781580893084
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Mitali Perkins

Mitali Perkins has written many novels and picture books for young readers, including You Bring the Distant Near, Forward Me Back to You, Rickshaw Girl, and Bamboo People. Her books have been nominated for the National Book Award, won the South Asia Book Award, and listed as Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Born in Kolkata, India, Perkins has lived in India, Ghana, Cameroon, Great Britain, Mexico, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the United States (Massachusetts, New York, and California). Perkins's work is known for its strong characters, who cross all kinds of borders, seek community, and promote justice. She and her husband have two sons and live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Also by Mitali Perkins

The Golden Necklace
Holy Night and Little Star
Bare Tree and Little Wind
Tiger Boy
Bamboo People
First Daughter: White House Rules
Secret Keeper
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