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4.42 AVERAGE
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As someone who gets asked this question regularly, I really appreciate that sense of warm belonging this story gives.
"I ask Abuelo because he knows everything, and like me, he looks like he doesn't belong." Ouch, but #truth.
This is a great book to add to our Where I'm From texts for identity work at the beginning of the year.
This is a great book to add to our Where I'm From texts for identity work at the beginning of the year.
A beautiful story that embraces unique heritage, family, and culture. I want to use this for a class lesson.
It’s a lovely concept but I’m not sure my very literally-minded kids understood this metaphoric exploration of identity
Touching, poetic exploration of heritage and love.
Unfortunately this one might go in the same category as Yuyi Morales’s Dreamers/Soñadores for me, in that I can’t seem to read it to my kid without crying.
Unfortunately this one might go in the same category as Yuyi Morales’s Dreamers/Soñadores for me, in that I can’t seem to read it to my kid without crying.
In answer to the question, 'Where are you from", a grandparent tells his grandchild about the beauty of their heritage, without ever specifically naming the countries. He describes the land, the culture and the natural beauty that is inherent to each place.
A BEAUTIFUL book that answers the question "Where are you REALLY from?" A girl at school is confused when people keep asking her where she is REALLY from at school. She asks her Abuelo and his answer is BEAUTIFUL.
"But, Abuelo, I ask,
where am I really from?"
"Abuelo laughs.
You want a place?
He points to his heart. You're from here,
from my love and the love of all those before us,
from those who dreamed of you
because of a song sung under the Southern Cross
or the words in a book written under
the light of the North Star.
You?
You are from all of us."
"But, Abuelo, I ask,
where am I really from?"
"Abuelo laughs.
You want a place?
He points to his heart. You're from here,
from my love and the love of all those before us,
from those who dreamed of you
because of a song sung under the Southern Cross
or the words in a book written under
the light of the North Star.
You?
You are from all of us."
Love how this author twists the oft-asked, seemingly benign yet blatantly racist question that people of colour are pounded with since childhood. Here, Mendez has mostly children pepper the little girl with this question and turns it into a beautiful, passionate, and poetic conversation between a little girl and her Abuelo. Subtle and beautiful, it’s a great read.
A girl is confused when she is asked where she is from, since she has only known where she is. To deal with her confusion from this persistent question she asks her grandfather. He tries to combat the racism of the question with strong cultural response and one of familial love.
Rounded up because of the need for books dealing with prejudice and racism.
Rounded up because of the need for books dealing with prejudice and racism.