Salima Lives in Kashmir facts for kids
| Author | Vera Forsberg |
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| Original title | Salima bor i Kashmir |
| Illustrator | Anna Riwkin-Brick |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Children's Everywhere |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Rabén & Sjögren |
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Publication date
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1970 |
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Published in English
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1971 |
| Preceded by | Matti Lives in Finland |
Salima Lives in Kashmir is a special book from 1970. It was created by Swedish photographer Anna Riwkin-Brick. This book is the last one in a popular series called Children's Everywhere. Many famous writers, like Astrid Lindgren, also wrote books for this series. The original title of the book in Swedish is Salima bor i Kashmir.
Salima's Story
The story is about a girl named Salima. She lives on a houseboat in Srinagar. This is a big city in Kashmir. Salima has a younger brother, Nazir. He goes to school every day. Salima stays home to help her mother. She also looks after her younger sister.
Most of the students in Nazir's class are boys. There is only one girl. Nazir really wants Salima to come to school too. He asks his teacher about it. The teacher tells him that his father and grandfather must decide.
Nazir talks to his grandfather. But his grandfather just laughs. He thinks it's a strange idea for a girl to go to school. He says Salima needs to learn many things from her mother at home.
Salima wants to show her grandfather how smart she is. She helps her mother with everything. One day, Salima's grandfather meets Nazir's teacher. The teacher tells the grandfather that Salima should go to school.
Finally, the grandfather agrees! Salima is very happy. After some time, she learns to read, write, and do math. She even reads the newspaper to her grandfather.
About the Book and Its Series
Salima Lives in Kashmir is the last of 15 books in the Children's Everywhere series. In 1969, photographer Anna Riwkin-Brick traveled to Kashmir. She took all the pictures for the book there. Later, Vera Forsberg wrote the story to go with the photos. Vera Forsberg also wrote another book in the series, called Gennet Lives in Ethiopia.
Salima Lives in Kashmir has been translated into many languages. You can find it in English, Hebrew, Norwegian, and German.
The Children's Everywhere series was very popular in Israel. This was thanks to the translations by Leah Goldberg. In 2014, an Israeli director named Dvorit Shargal made a documentary film. It was called Where is Elle Kari and what happened to Noriko-san?. This film was about some of the books from the series. After the movie came out, nine stories from the Children's Everywhere series were printed again in Israel. Salima Lives in Kashmir was one of them.
Different Versions of the Book
Here are some of the different versions of Salima Lives in Kashmir that have been published:
- Salima bor i Kashmir, Rabén & Sjögren, 1970, Swedish Edition
- Salima Lives in Kashmir, Methuen & Co, 1971, British Edition
- Salima Lives in Kashmir, Macmillan 1971, US-american Edition
- Salima aus Kaschmir, Oetinger Verlag, 1971, German Edition
- Salimah hayaldah mi-Ḳashmir, Merḥaviah: Sifriyat Po‛alim, 1973, Israeli Edition
- Salima bor i Kashmir, Gyldendal, 1971, Norwegian Edition
