At the beginning of the school year, children in Africa must build their school before they can begin learning. Emphasizes the gift and privilege of education, as well as the cooperative and co-creative aspects of learning. At the end of the school year, the rains will destroy the school and they still start again next year.

É o primeiro dia de aula em Kelo, no Chade, na África. As crianças caminham pela estrada. “Vou ganhar um caderno?”, pergunta Tomás. “Vou ganhar um lápis? Vou aprender a ler como vocês?”. Mas quando ele e as outras crianças chegam à escola, não há sala de aula nem carteiras. Apenas uma professora. “A primeira lição é construir a nossa escola”, diz ela.

The book follows a young boy named Thomas as he starts his first day of school in a small village in Chad, Africa. Each year when the rainy season begin, the village school is washed away, and the children must work together to rebuild it. Thomas and his classmate gather material to build their school and learn how to read and write. This book can be used to introduce children to the experience of student in other parts of the world and to encourage their appreciation for the value of education.

Age: 3-5 years
Source: Pierce College Library

About a school which is built of mud and thatch. Every rainy season it dissolves in the rain. The student help build it each year. Building the school is part of the learning. Illustration are simple, colourful. Story set in Chad. ( )

Back to school in Chad means first building the classroom; learning to bake the bricks and building the mud walls and mud desks.At the end of the school year, the cycle begins again with the rain destroying the mud school.