Out of the Dump: Writing and Photographs by Children of Guatemala

By Kristine L. Franklin

Book Overview

"Nancy McGirr initiated a project to provide a group of children living in a Guatemala City garbage dump with cameras and encouragement: this book consists of examples of their photographs and essays.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068813923X
• ISBN13: 9780688139230
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 0.5" x 1.0"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

Helping Children help themselves

Riviting pictures taken by kids themselves, to show what it is like to live on the margin in this Central American country. The book captures the complexity of life in the dump, and shows the real depth of character and resilience these kids have.