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HarperCollins, 1995-25-04

Day of Ahmed's Secret Trade Book

Day of Ahmed's Secret Trade Book

Florence H Parry, Author

Ted Lewin, Illustrator

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9780688140236

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As young Ahmed delivers butane gas to customers all over the city of Cairo, he thinks, I have a secret. All day long, as he maneuvers his donkey cart through streets, down alleys, and past buildings, Ahmed keeps his secret safe inside. It is so special that he can only reveal it to his family at the end of the day. An ALA Notable Book. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Full-color illustrations.
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Keywords and Themes: Africa • Beginner • Chapter Books • City & Town Life • Country Life • Historical • Humorous Stories • Intermediate • JUV016210 • JUV019000 • JUV023000 • JUV024000 • JUV030010 • JUV030110 • JUV038000 • JUV043000 • JUV044000 • JUV045000 • JUV057000 • Juvenile Fiction • Lifestyles • Middle East • Places • Readers • Short Stories • Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • Names • Personal • Work • Cairo (Egypt)

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Places | Africa • Juvenile Fiction | Places | Middle East • Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life • Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Middle East • Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Country Life • Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) • Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books • Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Intermediate

As young Ahmed delivers butane gas to customers all over the city of Cairo, he thinks, I have a secret. All day long, as he maneuvers his donkey car through streets crowded with cars and camels, down alleys filled with merchants stalls, and past buildings a thousand years old, Ahmed keeps his secret safe insides. It is so special, so wonderful, that he can reveal it only to his family, only when he returns home, ony at the end of the day.
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