Your Name is a Song is a celebration to remind all of us about the beauty, history, and magic behind names. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class. 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. School Library Journal, starred reviewįrustrated 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. Read 421 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. ★ "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." ★ "This lovely celebration of African American culture, featuring a Muslim family, offers a fresh way to look at the tradition of creating new names. WRITTEN BY JAMILAH THOMPKINS-BIGELOW AND ILLUSTRATED BY LUISA URIBE
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