![]() ![]() Beatrice’s warm smile and penetrating eyes reassure you that even if Beatrice’s school has few books and many students, she will make her dream a reality. ![]() ![]() The words and photographs bring you to a muddy crowded slum but they also show you the people’s hope and courage. It’s her dream –and she is making it happen. ![]() Ping.” Beatrice walks to school every morning, six days out of seven, and is proud and excited that she will soon graduate from her school and attend boarding school in Nairobi. “When the wind blows, the loose tin on the roof crackles and pops. She knows that the way to get out of the slums and become a nurse is to study hard at school.īeatrice’s school is made of tin. She wants to become a nurse and help other children who are ill or hurt. “Near the railway track you can look out over the slum and see it stretching on and on to where the earth meets the sky.”īeatrice has a dream. Jambo! Hello from Beatrice, an orphan, who lives in one of the toughest, poorest slums of Africa in Kibera, Kenya. BEATRICE’S DREAM, A STORY OF KIBERA SLUM by Karen Lynn Williams, photographs by Wendy Stone, published by Francis Lincoln Children’s Books, 2011 a photo-essay nonfiction biography picture book, an IBBY Outstanding International Books 2012. ![]()
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