Gift Days is a children's book (recommended for ages 8 and up) by Kari-Lynn Winters, illustrated by Stephen Taylor.

Young Nassali longs to read and write like her brother, but since her mother's death from AIDS, Nassali is responsible for looking after her younger siblings and running the household.

From that day on, once a week, her brother gives Nassali the gift of time so that she can pursue her dream of an education, just as her mother would have wanted.

[4] Included with the book is information about organizations committed to supporting girls like Nassali.

[5] Winters' method of social activism, via social semiotics and critical positioning, and Gift Days demonstrate how one's socio-cultural environment contributes to literacy — "an education is the path to a better life.