{"product_id":"9780547771472","title":"Rain School","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Will they give us a notebook?\" Thomas asks. \u003cbr\u003e\"Will they give us a pencil?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Will I learn to read?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom, no desks. Just a teacher. \"We will build our school,\" she says. \"This is our first lesson.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Rumford, who lived in Chad as a Peace Corps volunteer, fills these pages with vibrant ink-and-pastel colors of Africa and the spare words of a poet to show how important learning is in a country where only a few children are able to go to school.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123173310704,"sku":"9780547771472","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547771472_p0.jpg?v=1763717449","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547771472","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}