Gretchen's Reviews > Yasmin's Hammer

This is a wonderful picture book about a family living in Bangladesh. They have moved to the city because the cyclones were bad in the country where they were and left them homeless. In the city, the entire family including the young daughters need to work to help the family make a living. But Yasmin dreams of going to school and learning to read so that eventually she can have a job to help her family which is more than just swinging a hammer in the brickyards. Through hard work and determination, the family does get Yasmin to school. There is some great backmatter in this book about Bangladesh and how to help.