Overview
Para los fans de Zeke Peña e Ismée Williams. Un libro poético sobre la identidad, la conexión y las maneras hermosas en que la música remueve fronteras.
Nayeli extraña a su abuelita. Su mami promete que algún día toda la familia tendrá “papeles” y podrán viajar juntos por el mundo, pero igual su apartamento en Boston se siente vacío sin los sonidos, colores y ritmos que Abuelita trajo desde Oaxaca, su tierra natal.
En los días en que Nayeli más extraña a su abuelita, hay solo una cosa que la ayuda: la música. Cuando suenan los vallenatos y los boleros, su apartamento se transforma en su propio país: uno donde nadie es indocumentado ni está solo.
La Música de Abuelita, escrita con gran sensibilidad por Alan Pelaez López, galardonado poeta afro-zapoteco, e ilustrada con vibrantes colores por el ilustrador debutante Bernardo Rodríguez, es una historia conmovedora sobre migración, memoria y el poder de la música para derribar las fronteras que pretenden separarnos de quienes amamos.
¡También disponible en inglés!
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For fans of Zeke Peña and Ismée Williams––a poetic picture book about identity, connection and the beautiful ways that music can dissolve any border.
Nayeli misses her abuelita. Though her mami promises that one day the whole family will have papeles, and they’ll travel the world together, their Boston apartment feels empty without the sounds, colors, and rhythms that Abuelita brought from their homeland, Oaxaca.
And on the days Nayeli misses her abuelita the most, only one thing will do: music. When the vallenatos and boleros are playing, their apartment becomes their own country: one where no one is undocumented or alone.
Lyrically written by award-winning Afro-Zapotec poet Alan Pelaez Lopez and vibrantly illustrated by debut artist Bernardo Rodriguez, Abuelita’s Music is a transporting tale of migration, memory, and the power of music to break down the borders that seek to separate us from those we love.
- Perfect for discussions of and teaching units on Immigration
- Eligible for several awards including the Ezra Jack Keats newcomer
- Great ""Grandma"" buy (for kids who miss their grandmas)
- Also available in Spanish!
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