Girl and the Box

Leila Boukarim

Description

A girl sets out on a journey, full of wonder. She sees the Moon and decides she wants to go there. But when she builds a box to climb up, she is told to stay on the path that was planned for her. The girl must make a decision: to put her dreams away or to carve her own path.

Sujets

• Picture book

Informations

• Publié par: Marshall Cavendish International
• Date de parution: 21 septembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789814928199
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

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THE GIRL
AND
THE BOX
Leila Boukarim

Shameer Bismilla
Illustrated by Barbara Moxham
For Aya, Keira, Rana, Marwa, Mama, Ingrid, Joyce, Barbara, and the
many strong, fearless, loving girls and women in my life
-
past and
present
-
whom I love and admire. You make this world better.
- L.B.
To Cindy, Nellia and Kaela. Thank you for your support. I am truly
blessed to have three strong women stand by me. To my students from
Grade E
-
2
A
(
2019
/
2020
)
at the German European School Singapore.
You have been nothing short of wonderful. Your experiences have added
value to this story. To all the girls in my classes, I will always admire your
confidence, tenacity and kindness.
- S.B.
For my super brave Mum and all the other confident, fearless girls
in my life.
- B.M.

The girl came into the world small,
but her spirit was big.

She looked up and saw the Moon. From where
the girl stood, it looked small, just like her. But she
believed that the Moon was bigger than it seemed.
And that

s where the girl wanted to be.
The girl gazed at the path before her. As far as
her eyes could see, the path was bare.
But just off to one side, in the distance,
the girl noticed a tree. It was so tall, it almost
touched the Moon.

The girl reached for
the nearest branch,
but it wasn

t near
enough. She jumped.
She jumped higher.
She wrapped her
arms and legs around
the trunk.
But nothing worked.