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Girls to the Rescue
Tulia!
“Tulia!” is one of the ten stories from Girls to the Rescue, Book #5. If you enjoy this exciting story, more adventures await you in Girls to the Rescue Books #1 through #7.
Tulia means “calm down” in Swahili. Aisha’s mom often used the Swahili word “tulia” to help calm her children down. Now Aisha has her own reason to use the word "tulia." While visiting her sister who is babysitting, Aisha smells smoke. In this scary moment, a very brave girl, armed with her mother’s voice, finds courage…
If you like this free sample story, look for the books in the Girls to the Rescue series. In most fairy tales, a helpless young lady waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the spunky girls in the entertaining Girls to the Rescue series are much too busy saving the day to wait for Prince Charming. “Tulia!” is one of the ten stories from Girls to the Rescue Book #5.
The Girls to the Rescue series is well-loved by many:
"Girls to the Rescue will please and inspire girls." --Women's Circle
"Girls to the Rescue turns a new page and Prince Charming is history." --Sally Han, New York Daily News
"Inspiring" --Mary Hance, Nashville Banner
"Must reading." --Lee Littlewood, Copley News Service
"Provides positive female role models." --Nicole Bondi, The Detroit News
Tulia means “calm down” in Swahili. Aisha’s mom often used the Swahili word “tulia” to help calm her children down. Now Aisha has her own reason to use the word "tulia." While visiting her sister who is babysitting, Aisha smells smoke. In this scary moment, a very brave girl, armed with her mother’s voice, finds courage…
If you like this free sample story, look for the books in the Girls to the Rescue series. In most fairy tales, a helpless young lady waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the spunky girls in the entertaining Girls to the Rescue series are much too busy saving the day to wait for Prince Charming. “Tulia!” is one of the ten stories from Girls to the Rescue Book #5.
The Girls to the Rescue series is well-loved by many:
"Girls to the Rescue will please and inspire girls." --Women's Circle
"Girls to the Rescue turns a new page and Prince Charming is history." --Sally Han, New York Daily News
"Inspiring" --Mary Hance, Nashville Banner
"Must reading." --Lee Littlewood, Copley News Service
"Provides positive female role models." --Nicole Bondi, The Detroit News
15 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 6, 2012
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December 24, 2017
Such a lovely short story! Nothing over the top.. but practical and such a heart-warming ending!
May 16, 2013
Loved it and I don't even have children! It was fast paced and kept you interested. And the last paragraph threw me for a loop!
June 3, 2020
Very Short Story
First, I did like the story, and the message of courage in the face of danger. Plus the surprise at the end of the story that shows how truly brave the young girl was. But, the story was so short, it was probable no more than 10 to 15 pages long. As I read I was thinking it would make a good story for a parent to read to their young daughter. But as I have no children, the story lacked enough plot for me to be interested in reading any of the other stories in this series. This was clearly a child's book.
First, I did like the story, and the message of courage in the face of danger. Plus the surprise at the end of the story that shows how truly brave the young girl was. But, the story was so short, it was probable no more than 10 to 15 pages long. As I read I was thinking it would make a good story for a parent to read to their young daughter. But as I have no children, the story lacked enough plot for me to be interested in reading any of the other stories in this series. This was clearly a child's book.
May 27, 2024
This is what I love to hate about short stories.
They are interesting enough to grab you hard
and short enough to keep you hooked. But,
oops... the story is already over )-:
At the same time, in this story, it makes sense
that it is short. Because, otherwise, the whole
point in the end would be easily destroyed.
They are interesting enough to grab you hard
and short enough to keep you hooked. But,
oops... the story is already over )-:
At the same time, in this story, it makes sense
that it is short. Because, otherwise, the whole
point in the end would be easily destroyed.
August 2, 2019
So inspiring and meaningful. I love these Girls to the Rescue collections!
April 22, 2013
I really enjoyed this book because, as a change from most of the medieval history and science fiction books I read, this is some thing that could happen right now in the twenty first century. Its basically one in a series of books told from the perspective of Aisha, an African American girl in the time of the 60's when racism was at its worst in America. She is baby sitting with her friend Elle for a little boy at a neighbours house when she smells fire. She tells her friend a few time but she just brushes it off. Finally her friend listens to her and they go to check it out.They find the rest of the house on fire. Elle says they should call 911 and go outside but the fire is spreading fast and the two year old baby is asleep upstairs. As she tries to get to the toddler, Aisha keeps whispering African words her mum taught her, specifically Tulia which means "not to worry, calm down" in order to make herself keep going. At the end of the book, the fire brigade arrives and she manages to get the baby outside without any help. The fire man calls her a hero. She asks if he would mind if she leant on him for a moment. He says if she feels dizzy then he'll get one of the men to carry her. She replies to this that its only because she is blind that she needs the help. Once we know she is blind, this doesn't change our opinion of her. We still view her as just as strong and inspiring a character, if not more so. I really liked the style of writing, it was a clear strong real voice that the author captured so well and brought to life on the page, it would be especially powerful to readers around three years younger than me simply because there is no difficult language used and because of its fluency. I also liked that the author left Aishas blindness a surprise till the end, so that we get to know her as we would any other person and don't view her as different. A powerful and unique read.
September 27, 2012
Girl to the Rescue!
This story is about a young girl that was babysitting a two year old baby boy named Jake.
Suddenly, there is a fire. The girl is downstairs while Jake is upstairs. She stumbles upstairs, fighting through the smoke to get up to save Jake.
She manages to save Jake! Once she gets outside, the firefighters help her and Jake. The firefighters ask her if she needs anything. She says she needs a guide to walk her over somewhere and the fire fighter asked why. She replies with I'm blind.
WOW! When I read that she was blind, I was surprised. I didn't expect that! She managed to go upstairs and save a two year old boy while the house was burning down! Amazing!
This shows that just because you have something that can put you back, don't let it bring you down. You can still do exceptional things in you life-like save a baby.
This story is about a young girl that was babysitting a two year old baby boy named Jake.
Suddenly, there is a fire. The girl is downstairs while Jake is upstairs. She stumbles upstairs, fighting through the smoke to get up to save Jake.
She manages to save Jake! Once she gets outside, the firefighters help her and Jake. The firefighters ask her if she needs anything. She says she needs a guide to walk her over somewhere and the fire fighter asked why. She replies with I'm blind.
WOW! When I read that she was blind, I was surprised. I didn't expect that! She managed to go upstairs and save a two year old boy while the house was burning down! Amazing!
This shows that just because you have something that can put you back, don't let it bring you down. You can still do exceptional things in you life-like save a baby.
May 22, 2012
This is a sample of the story from Girls to the Rescue 5 and I truly enjoyed it.
Aisha is brave and rescued a 2 year old boy from fire. I do not expect the twist at the end. Bravo Aisha!
Aisha is brave and rescued a 2 year old boy from fire. I do not expect the twist at the end. Bravo Aisha!
May 4, 2014
Great story!! My third grader loved it.
good story for my girls. I will definitely purchase the series... several books to purchase, I will probably buy the books, not the online versions.
good story for my girls. I will definitely purchase the series... several books to purchase, I will probably buy the books, not the online versions.
May 7, 2012
Sweet short story about a girl who rescued a little boy, & how her senses helped her. Good book for discussion with pre-teen kids.
January 2, 2013
It was an interesting story. Something I would love to share with others.
June 6, 2014
Nice book
Nice book
it is a really nice book a real outstanding hero I love the way the book was written thumbs up.
Nice book
it is a really nice book a real outstanding hero I love the way the book was written thumbs up.
June 2, 2016
Whoa!!
This book was so awesome!!! Kind of short,but exiting as Harry Potter. I just love when you can just FEEL like you're there!!
This book was so awesome!!! Kind of short,but exiting as Harry Potter. I just love when you can just FEEL like you're there!!
June 17, 2013
DUMB DUMB DUMB
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