The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can - A True Story
Grades K-3.
In Rhodesia, education for girls was nearly impossible, but that did not stop one enterprising little girl who taught herself to read and write with her brothers schoolbooks and to count while watching cattle graze. When she got older and became a wife and mother, she wrote her goals on a scrap of paper and buried them in a can - an ancient ritual that reminded her that she couldn't give up on her dreams. She dreamed of going to America and earning degrees, then of bringing education to all the girls and boys of her village. 40 pages. Hardcover.