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Title Where are you from? / by Yamile Saied Mendez ; iilustrated by Jaime Kim.
Publisher New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
Copyright ©2019
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Edition First edition.


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 PJ-Children's Library  JP MENDEZ, YAMILE Nearby on shelf  30644003460754 10-17-22  AVAILABLE
Summary This resonant picture book tells the story of one girl who constantly gets asked a simple question that doesn’t have a simple answer. A great conversation starter in the home or classroom--a book to share, in the spirit of I Am Enough by Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo. When a girl is asked where she’s from--where she’s really from--none of her answers seems to be the right one. Unsure about how to reply, she turns to her loving abuelo for help. He doesn’t give her the response she expects. She gets an even better one. Where am I from? You’re from hurricanes and dark storms, and a tiny singing frog that calls the island people home when the sun goes to sleep.... With themes of self-acceptance, identity, and home, this powerful, lyrical picture book will resonate with readers young and old, from all backgrounds and of all color--—especially anyone who ever felt that they don’t belong.
Audience Ages 4-8.
AD640L Lexile
Subject Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Latin Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre Picture books for children.
Add'l Names Kim, Jaime, illustrator.
ISBN 9780062839930
0062839934