 Author Name: Sommerfelt, Aimee
Title: The Road to Agra
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First American Edition
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher: New York American Book-Stratford Press 1961
Illustrator: Aas, Ulf
Seller ID: 002719
Spine slightly slanted, some bumping/edgewear, boards slightly soiled. Text is starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. Cover has picture of peasant children on a journey. Black and white illustrations by Ulf Aas. In the little village in India, Maya, Lalu's little sister, is going blind, and if she does so, she'll lose her spot in the school and will never learn to read. And if she doesn't, she won't be able to teach her brother. Hearing that a friend's uncle was cured of blindness in Agra, Lalu decides to walk the long and dangerous distance to Agra with his sister to get the doctors to cure her. This is the story of their journey and the adventures along the way. Evocative black and white illustrations by gifted illustrator Ulf Aas.
Age Level: Grades 4-8
children's fiction, India, Lalu (fictitious character), Maya (fictitious character), Blindness
Price =
4.95 USD |
