My Rows and Piles of Coins

By nersum | Published: December 1, 2008

The market is full of wonderful things, but Saruni is saving his precious coins for a red and blue bicycle. How happy he will be when he can help his mother carry heavy loads to market on his very own bicycle–and how disappointed he is to discover that he hasn’t saved nearly enough!

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  1. By WOW Currents » Windows to the Worlds — Part 3 on January 25, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    [...] Journey: A visit in Tanzania by Barbara Margolies and My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa Mollel, illustrated by E. B. Lewis are both set in Tanzania. Rehema’s Journey takes us [...]

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