Alma y cmo obtuvo su nombre

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If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza Jose Pura Candela has way too many names: six! Just think of how hard it is to fit them all on the back of a little photo. How did such a small person wind up with such a large name Alma turns to Daddy for an answer and learns of Sofia, the grandmother who loved books and flowers; Esperanza, the great-grandmother who longed to travel; Jose, the grandfather who was an artist; and other namesakes too. As she hears the story of her name, Alma starts to think it might be a perfect fit after all and realizes that she will one day have her own story to tell. In her author-illustrator debut, Juana Martinez-Neal opens a treasure box of discovery for children who may be curious about their own origin or name story.

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Juana Martinez-Nealis the Peruvian-born daughter and granddaughter of painters. Her debut as an author-illustrator,Alma and How She Got Her Name, was awarded a Caldecott Honor and was published in Spanish asAlma y cmo obtuvo su nombre. She also illustratedLa Princesa and the Peaby Susan Middleton Elya, for which she won a Pura Belpr Illustrator Award,Babymoonby Hayley Barrett, Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry, andFry Bread: A Native American Family Storyby Kevin Noble Maillard, which won a Robert F. Sibert Medal. Juana Martinez-Neal lives in Connecticut with her family. Visit her online at www.juanamartinezneal.com.