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Malaika's Winter Carnival

Malaika's Winter Carnival - Hardcover

by Nadia L. Hohn
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nadia L. Hohn, Irene Luxbacher (Illustrator)Series:The Malaika #2Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2017-09-01Pages:36
Language:EnglishPublisher:Groundwood BooksISBN-13:9781554989201ISBN-10:1554989205UPC:9781554989201Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:People & Places, Holidays & Celebrations, Social ThemesBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin America, Other, Non-Religious, Emigration & ImmigrationSize:9.10 x 10.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCBT1FBWZ0

When Malaika moves to Canada, there's a lot to get used to, especially Carnival in the wintertime!

Malaika is happy to be reunited with Mummy, but it means moving to Canada, where everything is different. It's cold in Québec City, no one understands when she talks and Carnival is nothing like the celebration Malaika knows from home!

When Mummy marries Mr. Frédéric, Malaika gets a new sister called Adèle. Her new family is nice, but Malaika misses Grandma. She has to wear a puffy purple coat, learn a new language and get used to calling this new place home. Things come to a head when Mummy and Mr. Frédéric take Malaika and Adèle to a carnival. Malaika is dismayed that there are no colorful costumes and that it's nothing like Carnival at home in the Caribbean! She is so angry that she kicks over Adèle's snow castle, but that doesn't make her feel any better. It takes a video chat with Grandma to help Malaika see the good things about her new home and family.

Nadia L. Hohn's prose, written in a blend of standard English and Caribbean patois, tells a warm story about the importance of family, especially when adjusting to a new home. Readers of the first Malaika book will want to find out what happens when she moves to Canada, and will enjoy seeing Malaika and her family once again depicted through Irene Luxbacher's colorful collage illustrations.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Groundwood BooksISBN-13:9781554989201ISBN-10:1554989205UPC:9781554989201Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:People & Places, Holidays & Celebrations, Social ThemesBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin America, Other, Non-Religious, Emigration & ImmigrationSize:9.10 x 10.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCBT1FBWZ0
Hohn, Nadia: -

Nadia L. Hohn is a writer, musician and educator. The manuscript of Malaika's Costume, her first picture book, won the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children's Story Award. She is also the author of two forthcoming non-fiction titles, Music and Media Studies, part of the Sankofa series, which won the Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Multicultural Non-Fiction. She lives in Toronto, where she teaches French, music and the arts at an alternative elementary school.

Luxbacher, Irene: - Irene Luxbacher is an artist and author living in Toronto, Canada. With more than fifteen years' experience as an illustrator, Irene has received numerous awards for her children's instructional and picture books. Some of her awards include the 2003 National Parenting Publications Gold Award, the 2004 Disney Book Award and the 2007 Ontario Library Association Award. In 2009/10 Irene made the USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award, both for her illustrations in Andrew Larsen's The Imaginary Garden.Hohn, Nadia L.: -

Nadia L. Hohn is a writer, musician and educator. The manuscript of Malaika's Costume, her first picture book, won the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children's Story Award. She is also the author of two forthcoming non-fiction titles, Music and Media Studies, part of the Sankofa series, which won the Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Multicultural Non-Fiction. She lives in Toronto, where she teaches French, music and the arts at an alternative elementary school.

Publisher: Groundwood Books

Contributor(s)

Nadia L. Hohn, Irene Luxbacher (Illustrator)

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Nadia L. Hohn

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