Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edwidge Danticat, Leslie Staub (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2015-09-01Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dial BooksISBN-13:9780525428091ISBN-10:525428097UPC:9780525428091Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Family, People & PlacesBook Topic:Emigration & Immigration, Parents, United StatesAward:2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended - Picture Book Text AwardSize:10.10 x 10.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCMBKJ8BXY
Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother's warm greeting on their answering machine. To ease the distance between them while she's in jail, Mama begins sending Saya bedtime stories inspired by Haitian folklore on cassette tape. Moved...
Audience: Ages 4-8
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dial BooksISBN-13:9780525428091ISBN-10:525428097UPC:9780525428091Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Family, People & PlacesBook Topic:Emigration & Immigration, Parents, United StatesAward:2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended - Picture Book Text AwardSize:10.10 x 10.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCMBKJ8BXY
Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and came to the United States when she was twelve years old. Her books have been selected for Oprah's Book Club and have been twice nominated for the National Book Award. In 2009 Edwidge received a MacArthur Genius Grant. She lives in Miami, Florida. Leslie Staub is a children's book author and illustrator from New Orleans, LA. She works in her studio in the...
Publisher: Dial Books
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🏆 2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended - Picture Book Text Award
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