Your Name Is a Song
Book description
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…
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On the first day of school, no one can pronounce a little girl’s name. It gets stuck in the teacher’s throat. The other students cough trying to say it. The girl goes home determined never to go to school again.
Her mom teaches her to sing names. Some names have fire. Some must be sung from the heart or the belly. The next day at school, the teacher has no trouble with any of the other students’ names, but still can’t pronounce the girl’s. The girl sings her name. The teacher is confused, and says “Names aren’t songs.”
The girl…
From Lois' list on pictures about bullying.
There are so many things I love about this book! I love the way the mom has a beautiful way to respond to the comments the girl’s classmates make. I love the way the child skips and hops and dances along with her mom. I love the clear, close relationship between mother and child. I love how the girl creates songs from all of her classmates’ names—even those with a single syllable like Bob. What a wonderful way to help people explore names they’re unfamiliar with. The list of names at the end is great, too. I can’t comment on…
From Judy's list on picture books featuring children of color.
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