Your Name is a Song
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Your Name is a Song
By (Author) Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Illustrated by Luisa Uribe
The Innovation Press
The Innovation Press
1st August 2020
7th July 2020
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Diversity, equality and inclusio
Physical Properties
Hardback
40
Width 248mm, Height 248mm
Description
Age range 5 to 9
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 Songis a celebration to remind all of us about the beauty, history, and magic behind names.
'This lovely celebration of African American culture, featuring a Muslim family, offers a fresh way to look at the tradition of creating new names...A delightful celebration.'Kirkus Reviews, starred review
'This story simultaneously imparts a strong spark of sensibility and envelops readers in a warm embrace through an overdue, crucial lesson about the significance of honouring every individual's cultural identity, including the respectful care to correctly learn another's name...For all collections, this is a heartwarming tale with a simple yet critical message.' School Library Journal
Reviews
"This lovely celebration of African American culture, featuring a Muslim family, offers a fresh way to look at the tradition of creating new names. . . A delightful celebration."
-- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Simultaneously imparts a strong spark of sensibility and envelops readers in a warm embrace through an overdue, crucial lesson about the significance of honoring every individual's cultural identity..."
-- School Library Journal, starred review
Author Bio
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow is a passionate educator, anti-racism activist, wife, and mother of two. She is a 2016 MuslimARC Muslim Anti-RacismAMEL Fellow, and the author of Mommy's Khimar. She lives in Philadelphia with her family. Luisa Uribe is an illustrator living in Bogot, Colombia. She holds a graphic design degree from the National University of Colombia and an MA in art and design from Loughborough University. Find out more about her at luisauribe.com.
