Maya's blanket = Manta de Maya
"When a little girl's cherished baby blanket becomes old and worn, it is made into a dress, and over the years it is made into even smaller and smaller items, eventually ending up as a bookmark and inspiring the creation of a book. Includes an author's note and a glossary"--Provided by publisher.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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New York :
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc.,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "When a little girl's cherished baby blanket becomes old and worn, it is made into a dress, and over the years it is made into even smaller and smaller items, eventually ending up as a bookmark and inspiring the creation of a book. Includes an author's note and a glossary"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Inspired by the traditional Yiddish folk song Hob ikh mir a Mantl (I had a little coat). |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780892392926 (hardcover) 0892392924 (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: | Monica Brown is the award-winning author of over thirty books for children, including Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/no combina , Sharuko , Maya's Blanket/la manta de Maya , Waiting for the Biblioburro , Frida and Her Animalitos , and El Cuarto Turquesa/The Turquoise Room , as well as the Lola Levine chapter book series, among many others. She is the recipient of the Christopher Award, two Américas Awards, and multiple starred reviews. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages, and has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and on NPR's All Things Considered. When not writing for children, Brown serves as a professor of English at Northern Arizona University, where she teaches about US Latino and multicultural literature. Brown lives with her family in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her website is monicabrown.net. David Diaz won the Caldecott Medal in 1995 for Smoky Night. He is the illustrator of many other popular children's books as well, including December, Roadrunner's Dance, Going Home, and Wilma Unlimited. Diaz is also an accomplished potter, and he has sold his work to collectors throughout the country. He lives in Carlsbad, California. |
