Rickshaw girl / Perkins, Mitali

In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.

In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.

Ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting, but to help her poor family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.