The Roses In My Carpets Summary

896 about the healing of the human spirit.

The roses in my carpets summary.

He doesn t like school but loves the afternoons he spends weaving carpets from brightly colored threads that all hold special meaning for him. Toronto author rukhsana khan s book the roses in my carpets is filled with horror and honesty humanity and heart. This realistic story follows a day in the life of a young afghani refugee who takes solace in the beautiful carpets he weaves. With the unfolding of historical events it is probably destined to be a classic.

For a young refugee living with loss and terror filled memories time is measured by the next bucket of water the next portion of bread and the next call to prayer. 15 1998 a young refugee boy from afghanistan struggles toward adulthood in a compassionate tale from khan bedtime b a a a lk p. Although everything in the camp is a dirty brown so i do not use. The roses in my carpets is a masterful tale of a young afghan refugee by toronto writer rukhsana khan.

6 find a copy at amazon indiebound b n worldcat a young afghan describes his grim life in the refugee camp where he lives with his mother and younger sister school library journal. The roses in my carpets written by rukhsana khan illustrated by ronald himmler holiday house 1998 a young afghan boy shares his life and dreams for the future with us in the roses in my carpets a beautiful thought provoking picture book set in a refugee camp in pakistan. In the roses in my carpets an afghani boy lives in a mud drenched refugee camp caring for his mother and sister and measuring his life by the next trip to the well or finding the next piece of bread. Here where everything walls floor courtyard is mud a boy s heart can still long for freedom independence and safety.

About rukhsana khan author. The roses in my carpets. Except that is when he escaped into his work as an apprentice carpet weaver. In a recurring nightmare the boy narrator flees with his mother and.

The roses in my carpet at the words aloud 4 spoken word festival in durham ontario canada november. It is based on a true story that of the author s foster child in peshawar pakistan. Rukhsana khan created date. In it your brand name footwear wearers will meet a young boy whose rough sandal shod feet have escaped over ground treacherous and pitted with bomb craters.