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      • Gift Days is a children's book (recommended for ages 8 and up) by Kari-Lynn Winters, illustrated by Stephen Taylor. It was published in 2012 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.


      Plot


      Young Nassali longs to read and write like her brother, but since her mother's death from AIDS, Nassali is responsible for looking after her younger siblings and running the household. There is no time for books and learning. Then one day, she wakes up to discover that her chores have been taken care of. It is her first gift day. From that day on, once a week, her brother gives Nassali the gift of time so that she can pursue her dream of an education, just as her mother would have wanted.


      Awards


      Finalist: 2013 BC Book Prize Archived 2013-03-17 at the Wayback Machine ("Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize")
      Finalist: Ontario Library Association's Rainforest of Reading[usurped], July 2013
      Top four: CBC Radio's Here and Now Recommendations For Children's Books, December 2012


      Educational activism


      Proceeds from this book are being used to support the charity Because I am a Girl, a social movement to "unleash the power of girls and women to claim a brighter future for girls in the developing world" through education and women's rights; at its book launch in November 2012, enough money was raised to send 10 girls to school in Uganda for a year. Included with the book is information about organizations committed to supporting girls like Nassali. Winters' method of social activism, via social semiotics and critical positioning, and Gift Days demonstrate how one's socio-cultural environment contributes to literacy — "an education is the path to a better life."


      References




      External links


      Published reviews of Gift Days Archived 2021-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
      Gift Days at Fitzhenry and Whiteside publishers
      Gift Days at Kari-Lynn Winters personal page Archived 2021-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
      Stephen Taylor personal page

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