{"id":1530,"date":"2007-11-01T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T21:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:03:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:03:27","slug":"armando-and-the-blue-tarp-school-by-edith-hope-fine-and-judith-pinkerton-josephson-illustrated-by-hernan-sosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/armando-and-the-blue-tarp-school-by-edith-hope-fine-and-judith-pinkerton-josephson-illustrated-by-hernan-sosa\/","title":{"rendered":"Armando and the Blue Tarp School by Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson, illustrated by Hern\u00e1n Sosa [in Bloomsbury Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2007\/11\/Armando-and-the-Blue-Tarp-School.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30172\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2007\/11\/Armando-and-the-Blue-Tarp-School.jpg\" alt=\"Armando and the Blue Tarp School\" width=\"410\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a>Because he must help his father,\u00a0Armando does not have time to attend\u00a0Se\u00f1or David\u2019s school, made of a single\u00a0blue tarp spread on the ground. When his\u00a0parents realize that education is\u00a0Armando\u2019s only way out of their impoverished\u00a0circumstances, they give him the\u00a0afternoons to learn about the world\u00a0beyond their garbage dump. This story is\u00a0based on the experiences of a real-life\u00a0teacher who spent decades teaching\u00a0some of Mexico\u2019s poorest children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/200711tbrfavorites.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;<em>TBR<\/em>\u2019s Editors&#8217; Favorites of 2007,\u201d <em>The Bloomsbury Review, <\/em>November\/December 2007<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1531\" title=\"armando-and-the-blue-tarp-school\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/03\/armando-and-the-blue-tarp-school.jpg\" alt=\"armando-and-the-blue-tarp-school\" width=\"128\" height=\"164\" \/>Because he must help his father, Armando does not have time to attend Se\u00f1or David\u2019s school, made of a single blue tarp spread on the ground. When his parents realize that education is Armando\u2019s only way out of their impoverished circumstances, they give him the afternoons to learn about the world beyond their garbage dump. 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