Rain School Av James Rumford

<p><strong>It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road. </strong></p><p>"Will they give us a notebook?" Thomas asks. "Will they give us a pencil? Will I learn to read?"</p><p>But when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom, no desks. Just a teacher. "We will build our school," she says. "This is our first lesson."</p><p>James Rumford, who lived in Chad as a Peace Corps volunteer, fills these pages with vibrant ink-and-pastel colors of Africa and the spare words of a poet to show how important learning is in a country where only a few children are able to go to school.</p>