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Your name is a song

Saddened by her classmates' and teacher's mispronunciations of her name, a girl is empowered by her discovery that names are like songs when she and her mom celebrate the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names.

Main Author: Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah (Author)
Other Authors: Uribe, Luisa (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Seattle : Innovation Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Names > Juvenile fiction.
Names, Personal > Pronunciation > Juvenile fiction.
Diversity > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: Saddened by her classmates' and teacher's mispronunciations of her name, a girl is empowered by her discovery that names are like songs when she and her mom celebrate the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names.
Physical Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; cm.
Audience: 5 - 10 years.
1 - 2.
ISBN: 9781943147724
1943147728
Author Notes: JAMILAH THOMPKINS-BIGELOW is an educator and writer who centers Black and Muslim children in her work. She is the author of Mommy's Khimar, Your Name is a Song , and is a contributor to the Once Upon an Eid anthology. She provides free and fun community writing programs for local youth in Philadelphia where she lives with her family.

LUISA URIBE is an illustrator living in Bogotá, Colombia. She holds a graphic design degree from the National University of Colombia and an MA in art and design from Loughborough University. Find out more about her at luisauribe.com.

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