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Holding on

A young girl spends song-filled summers with her music-loving grandmother in the Philippines, but when her beloved Lola starts slipping into silence and stillness, the girl helps her grandmother hold on with music and the joyful memories the songs bring.

Main Author: Lee, Sophia N. (Author)
Other Authors: Roxas, Isabel (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2022]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Scheuren, Russ tribute.
Memory > Juvenile fiction.
Music > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Old age > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: A young girl spends song-filled summers with her music-loving grandmother in the Philippines, but when her beloved Lola starts slipping into silence and stillness, the girl helps her grandmother hold on with music and the joyful memories the songs bring.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Audience: Ages 4-8.
Grades K-1.
ISBN: 9781534494459
1534494456
Author Notes: Sophia N. Lee grew up in the Philippines. She wanted to be many things growing up: doctor, teacher, ballerina, ninja, crime-fighting international spy, wizard, time traveler, journalist, and lawyer. She likes to think she can be all these things and more through writing. She is the author of Soaring Saturdays ; What Things Mean , which won a Scholastic Asian Book Award's grand prize; Holding On ; and Lolo's Sari-sari Store . Learn more about her at SophiaLeeWrites.com.

Isabel Roxas is the author-illustrator of The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens . She was born in the Philippines and raised on luscious mangoes, old wives' tales, and monsoon moons. She learned so much from her lolas Fe and Venancia: how to shine the floor with a coconut, navigate a palengke (wet market), and make a scrumptious bowl of ginataan. Learn more about Isabel online at StudioRoxas.com or on Instagram @StudioRoxas.

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