Note: This is the CANADIAN SCHOOLS EDITION of Childhood Regained - Stories of Hope for Asian Child Workers. Look for the CANADIAN TEACHERS' GUIDE, as well as STUDENT EDITIONS for: Grades 4-6, Grades 6-8, and Grades 7-9. These eye-opening but hopeful stories and a poem bring to life some of the situations faced by millions of young children working long hours in factories, mines, and quarries, and on city streets and commercial farms in Asia. This book also includes study questions and answers for each story, brief factual information on conditions in various industries in South Asia, a...

Note: This is the UK Edition of Childhood Regained. In South Asia, unnoticed by the rest of the world, children as young as five are forced to work long hours in difficult conditions in mines, quarries, factories, brickyards, plantations, and on the streets. Childhood Regained introduces us to some of these children through well-researched but fictional stories of hope. These 20 gripping stories and a poem are about children who, through resourcefulness, courage, determination, and help from caring adults, manage to overcome their plight and regain their childhood. This collection of...