Malala's Magic Pencil
Malala's Magic Pencil

Malala's Magic Pencil

Written by Malala Yousafzai & illustrated by Kerascoet
Hardcover
$17.99
$16.97
4 - 8
Reading age
40
Page count
22
Words per page
~549L
Lexile measure
Oct 17, 2017
Publication date

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Malala’s first picture book will inspire young readers everywhere to find the magic all around them. As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true. This beautifully illustrated volume tells Malala’s story for a younger audience and shows them the worldview that allowed Malala to hold on to hope even in the most difficult of times.

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    This shows magic in a whole new light. It is a true story of a young girl from Pakistan. She watched a show of a young boy that had a magic pencil. Whatever he drew with his magic pencil appeared. She wished she had one so she could draw things like a new ball for her and her brothers to play with. She wished for beautiful dresses for her mother and buildings for her father. She was very selfless in her wishes. Then one day she saw some very poor children and it changed her outlook on life. She realized how blessed she was to get to go to school. She wanted this for other children and started to write about it. This became magic to her and to others as people started listening to her story.

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The Creatives Behind the Book

    Author
    Malala Yousafzai

    Since Malala Yousafzai was born in 1997 in Pakistan, she has seen her country transformed from a once peaceful land to a hotbed of terrorism. Malala, who now lives in Birmingham, England, intends to devote her life to the good of the people and her belief that all girls deserve an education.

    Illustrator
    Kerascoet

    Kerascoët, a husband-and-wife team, are the illustrators of the highly acclaimed graphic novel Beautiful Darkness by Fabie Vehlmann, which was chosen by Publishers Weekly as a 2014 Best Book of the Year, and the New York Times bestselling Jacky Ha-Ha by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. Kirkus called Kerascoët’s artwork “perfectly delightful” in a starred review of their book Paul and Antoinette. They are also the illustrators of Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, to be published in fall 2017. Visit them at kerascoet.fr.

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Book Details

ISBN
9780316319577
Publication Date
October 17, 2017
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Original Publication Date
October 17, 2017
Page Count
40
Words Per Page
22
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
4 - 8 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2016029836
Est. Lexile® Level
~549L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~N
ATOS® Book Level
3.6
Accelerated Reader® Points
0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz
192209
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

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