Is There Anyone Like Me?

Is There Anyone Like Me? – A short story for young children about being unique. Another great Creative commons book from Bookdash.

By: Fred Strydom, Jess Jardim-Wedepohl, Stephen Wallace

Text and Images from Is There Anyone Like Me?

I wonder if there’s another me somewhere in the world.

Who looks the same.

And talks the same.

And even has my curls.

Someone with my eyes my ears. Who even has my laugh.

Who can do what I can do …

… and can’t do what I can’t.

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About Book Dash

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Why Book Dash?

Books purchased from publishers cost too much. In order to distribute more books for South African children, Book Dash participants work as publishers in a single day, having a book with no publishers mean the book will be a lot cheaper the only cost will be printing the books. With these, anyone can run sponsored prints and the finished books can be handed to children.

Every child should have a hundred books when they reach the age of five. that means handing down 600 million free books to South African children who probably could not afford to buy them, More children grow up not learning how to read and write well, and every day we lose more of these children. Let us not neglect these children and help them overcome poverty by first teaching them how to read and to enjoy the worlds that a book can open up.

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