My Name Is Blessing

by Eric Walters

Book Overview

Based on the life of a real boy, this warm-hearted, beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Baraka, a young Kenyan boy with a physical disability. Baraka and eight cousins live with their grandmother. She gives them boundless love, but there is never enough money or food, and life is hard --love doesn't feed hungry stomachs or clothe growing bodies, or school keen minds. Baraka is too young, and, with his disability, needs too much, and she...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770493018
• ISBN13: 9781770493018
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4