Your name is a song

Title
Your name is a song

Personal Author EPSB
Jamilah, Thompkins-Bigelow

Summary
Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class. Your Name is a Song is a celebration to remind all of us about the beauty, history, and magic behind names.

Year Published
2020

Physical Description
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Note
Includes glossary of names featured in the story, with their common pronunciations and meanings.

Subject
Names -- Fiction.
 
Personal names -- Fiction.
 
Mother-daughter relationship -- Fiction.
 
School stories.
 
African Americans -- Fiction.
 
Cultural pluralism -- Fiction.
 
Self-confidence -- Fiction.
 
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
 
Multiculturalism -- Fiction.

Genre
Picture books

Added Author
Uribe, Luisa,

Summary
Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class. Your Name is a Song is a celebration to remind all of us about the beauty, history, and magic behind names.

ISBN
9781943147724
 
9781338859577
 
9781959244004

Publisher
Seattle, WA : Innovation Press, 2020.
 
New York, New York : Scholastic, 2020.
 
©2020


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
BissetE THOBook30276000400143Picture Books