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Islandborn

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Format: Hardcover
Author: Junot Dê_az
Category: Picture Books
Reading Age: 05-08
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 13 Mar 2018
ISBN: 978-0735229860
Pages: 48
Tags: Family | Home | Refugees

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From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Dê_az comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. A 2019 Pura Belprê© Honor Book for Illustration Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. Ô_ So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island_ã”she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories_ã”joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening_ã”Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island.Ô_ As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: _ã–Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you._ã Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us_ã”to our families, to our past and to ourselves.