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A beautiful tale of strength and courage
I received this book as a gift to my 1 year old biracial baby and I’m so happy that I did. This is my story!!! I lived Anita’s same fears and had to be just a strong in coming to the states. The immense fear of leaving behind everything you know for the promise and hope of something better jumped out at me in between a fairytale and a dragon battle. Here I am, so many years removed from my island and knowing that one day I would tell my child my story, but it is hard to tell to a child that has no concept of lack of even basic necessities . I’m so happy this book will be my start of that conversation.The art is beautiful, soft and colorful, but without the heavy handedness and too on nose colors that “Caribbean” art sometimes has. At the same time it reminded me of the faceless ceramic figurines that’s adorned our chinero. If there is any criticism at all, and it IS minor, is that I would have loved to see more of the Dominican “rainbow” in terms of skin color. But because colorism is still so prevalent, the representation is great to see. It is beautifully written as well, and the Spanglish wasn’t heavy handed either (I’m used to American writers attempting Spanish ).I can only hope this is meant to be a series because I’d love to read how Anita tackles her new world and will be following this duo for sure.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2021
I received this book as a gift to my 1 year old biracial baby and I’m so happy that I did. This is my story!!! I lived Anita’s same fears and had to be just a strong in coming to the states. The immense fear of leaving behind everything you know for the promise and hope of something better jumped out at me in between a fairytale and a dragon battle. Here I am, so many years removed from my island and knowing that one day I would tell my child my story, but it is hard to tell to a child that has no concept of lack of even basic necessities . I’m so happy this book will be my start of that conversation.
The art is beautiful, soft and colorful, but without the heavy handedness and too on nose colors that “Caribbean” art sometimes has. At the same time it reminded me of the faceless ceramic figurines that’s adorned our chinero.
If there is any criticism at all, and it IS minor, is that I would have loved to see more of the Dominican “rainbow” in terms of skin color. But because colorism is still so prevalent, the representation is great to see.
It is beautifully written as well, and the Spanglish wasn’t heavy handed either (I’m used to American writers attempting Spanish ).
I can only hope this is meant to be a series because I’d love to read how Anita tackles her new world and will be following this duo for sure.
The art is beautiful, soft and colorful, but without the heavy handedness and too on nose colors that “Caribbean” art sometimes has. At the same time it reminded me of the faceless ceramic figurines that’s adorned our chinero.
If there is any criticism at all, and it IS minor, is that I would have loved to see more of the Dominican “rainbow” in terms of skin color. But because colorism is still so prevalent, the representation is great to see.
It is beautifully written as well, and the Spanglish wasn’t heavy handed either (I’m used to American writers attempting Spanish ).
I can only hope this is meant to be a series because I’d love to read how Anita tackles her new world and will be following this duo for sure.
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