Amina's Blanket

Yellow Bananas are captivating chapter books designed to help young readers make the transition from storybooks to text-based books. The next level up from Blue Bananas, each book features short chapters, engaging full-color illustrations, and a strong story about interesting characters. As their reading abilities develop, kids will want to make the jump from Blue to Yellow Bananas! As Josie and the other children in her class make a beautiful patchwork quilt to send to a war-torn country, Amina who lives far away, shivers in her darkened apartment surrounded by noisy explosions. One night in a dream, Josie visits Amina, experiences the traumas of war, and discovers a very special secret that her friends at school don't know.