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Grade Level: 1-4
Author: Mitali Perkins
Illustrator: Jamie Hogan
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Publish Date: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: 6 by 8 3/4 inches
Number of Pages: 96
Item ID: 3515 E4D ISBN: 978-1-58089-309-1
Naima loves to creae the traditional alpana patterns Bangladeshi women and girls paint in their homes for special celebrations. She wishes to help earn money for her family like her friend Saleem who drives his father's rickshaw. If only I had been born a boy, Naima thinks.
This book is one students read in Hewitt's Lightning Literature and Composition programs for Grades 3.