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Ladder to the moon

Suhaila's wish to know her deceased grandmother is granted when a golden ladder appears at her window and Grandma Annie invites her on a journey to the moon, where they welcome people who are facing tragedy. Includes facts about the painting and woman who inspired the story.

Main Author: Soetoro-Ng, Maya, 1970-
Other Authors: Morales, Yuyi (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Grandchildren > Juvenile fiction.
Girls > Juvenile fiction.
Ladders > Juvenile fiction.
Compassion > Juvenile fiction.
Moon > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Suhaila's wish to know her deceased grandmother is granted when a golden ladder appears at her window and Grandma Annie invites her on a journey to the moon, where they welcome people who are facing tragedy. Includes facts about the painting and woman who inspired the story.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN: 9780763645700
0763645702
Author Notes: Maya Soetoro-Ng , a former high school history teacher and university instructor, was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is the maternal half-sister of President Barack Obama. She says Ladder to the Moon, her first picture book, was inspired by her young daughter Suhaila's questions about her grandmother, Ann Dunham. Maya Soetoro-Ng lives in Hawaii with her husband and two daughters.

Yuyi Morales is the illustrator of Kathleen Krull's Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, whose accolades included a Pura Belpre Award and a Christopher Medal, as well as the Pura Belpre Award-winning Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes. Born and raised in Mexico, she now lives with her family in northern California.

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