Mama's Nightingale
A Story of Immigration and Separation
$35.01
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2017
Summary
A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist
After Saya’s mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother’s warm greeting on their answering machine. To ease the distance between them while she’s in jail, Mama begins sending Saya bedtime stories inspired by Haitian folklore on cassette tape. Moved by her mother’s tales and her father’s attempts to reunite their family, Saya writes a sto…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780525428091 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0525428097 |
| Author: | Edwidge Danticat, Leslie Staub |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Dial Books for Young Readers,US |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 403g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 262mm x 9mm |
| Audience Age: | 5-8 |
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Now a Kirkus Best Books of 2015!
“Skillfully written with Creole words sprinkled into the English, Mama’s Nightingale is richly illuminated by Leslie Staub’s oil paintings evoking Haitian folk art.”—The New York Times
* “A must-read both for children who live this life of forced separation and those who don’t.“—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* “[Danticat] beautifully conveys a story about loss and grief and hope and joy.“—School Library Journal, starred review
“A serious yet hopeful story…readers similarly separated from a loved one may well find solace in Danticat’s honest storytelling.“—Publishers Weekly
“Children of parents who are being detained will be comforted by knowing they are not the only ones facing this challenge and might even be inspired to take action the way Saya does.“—The Horn Book
“Danticat’s immigration story is compelling…The inclusion of Haitian phrases adds to the personal nature of the story, whose happy ending is deserved by all.“—Booklist
About The Author
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and came to the United States when she was twelve years old. Her books have been selected for Oprah’s Book Club and have been twice nominated for the National Book Award. In 2009 Edwidge received a MacArthur Genius Grant. She lives in Miami, Florida.
Leslie Staub is a children’s book author and illustrator from New Orleans, LA. She works in her studio in the country north of there with her dog, Rabbit, and all the wild creatures who live in the woods.
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