YingYu Chen's Reviews > Yasmin's Hammer

When I talked about child labor to my students, they thought this has been the past. It is not.
I can't blame them, since there has been no young child around them working after school, or so they think. But several hundred, even thousand miles away, there are.
Tens of thousands of young children have no right and time for education -- and this book, "Yasmin's Hammer," is a good read for them to understand.

Yasmin and Mita are sitting on their Abba's rickshaw. Abba is how they call their father. When the story unfolds, readers will then realize they are not outing for fun. Each of them has something to work on.

There are several sets of contrasts:
-- country life in the past VS urban life now
-- Abba & his rickshaw VS Yasmin & her hammer
-- Abba & Amma
--Yasmina & Mita
-- Amma staying home working on chores VS Yasmin & Mita working outside to earn $$
-- Being picked up by Abba VS Walking home
-- Before & after getting a book

This is also a book that cannot be missed on climate migration, as this family is forced to make a decision to leave their original home due to a huge flood.
I would add this for the discussion of climate change, especially on the South Asian region.

If anyone's interested, don't forget to check the author's source page, and also an interview on Lee & Low's website: https://www.leeandlow.com/books/yasmi....