A review by sunflowerjess
Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings by Francie LaTour

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is a beautiful story of a young girl who leaves the U.S. to visit her auntie in Haiti. Vivid words and images tell Haiti's birth story. I had never heard of Louverture before, the general who led the people of Saint-Domingue to freedom from Napoleon. The author's note succinctly informs readers of the rebellion and the subsequent awful disregard and exclusion of Haiti by other nations, while the story itself both informs and celebrates Haitian culture.