A Good Trade
by Alma Fullerton (Author) and Karen Patkau (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: In a small Ugandan village, Kato wakes early to start the long, barefoot trek beyond his village and along fields dotted with cattle and guarded by soldiers. His destination is the village well, where he will pump a day’s supply of water into two jerry cans. Like every day, Kato lets the water splash over his hot tired feet before carrying his heavy load back home, where his chores await him. But this is no ordinary day. The aid worker’s truck has come to the village square, and in the back is a gift so special, the little boy rushes home to look for something to repay the aid worker.
Snippet:
Across his sleeping village,
Kato skips,
swinging two empty jerry cans.
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