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Today Is the Day
Contributor(s): Walters, Eric (Author), Fernandes, Eugenie (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1770496483     ISBN-13: 9781770496484
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2015
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Birthdays
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Africa
Dewey: E
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.6" W x 11" (0.95 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Event - Birthday
- Cultural Region - African
- Cultural Region - East Africa
- Ethnic Orientation - African
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 181549
Reading Level: 4.0   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
Mutanu is excited. As she goes about her chores, she thinks about the day to come and what surprises it might bring. For today is no ordinary day at the orphanage she lives in. Every year, the orphanage honors its newest arrivals by creating a birthday day especially for them. From that moment forward, the orphans have a day that they know is theirs--a day to celebrate, a day to enjoy, a day to remember. And today is the day

Based on real children in an orphanage in Kenya, this lovely story shows how something as simple as a birthday, something most of us take for granted, can mean so much in another part of the world.