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Author: Edwidge Danticat ,
Rachel Moss
Publisher: Akashic Books,U.S.
Imprint: Akashic Books,U.S.
ISBN: 9781636142326
ISBN 10: 163614232
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
A must-read both for children who live this life of forced separation and those who don't.-- ""Kirkus Reviews, starred review of Mama's Nightingale"" A warm and fuzzy offering for sick days on the couch or everyday reading. A recommended purchase.-- ""School Library Journal, on My Mommy Medicine"" Children of parents who are being detained will be comforted by knowing they are not the only ones facing this challenge and might even be inspired to take action the way Saya does.-- ""Horn Book, on Mama's Nightingale"" Cozy and comforting, this is an effective antidote for childhood illness or anxiety.-- ""Booklist, on My Mommy Medicine"" Skillfully written with Creole words sprinkled into the English, Mama's Nightingale is richly illuminated by Leslie Staub's oil paintings evoking Haitian folk art.-- ""New York Times, on Mama's Nightingale""
Author Information
EDWIDGE DANTICAT was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the editor of Haiti Noir, Haiti Noir 2: The Classics, and the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory (an Oprah's Book Club selection), Krik?Krak! (a National Book Award finalist), The Farming of Bones (an American Book Award winner), and the novel-in-stories The Dew Breaker. She has also written several young adult novels, children's picture books, and a travel narrative, After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel. Her memoir, Brother, I'm Dying, was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2007 winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. She is a 2009 recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant. Watch Out for Falling Iguanas is her latest children's picture book. RACHEL MOSS is an illustrator in love with the bright colors and vibrant energy of the Caribbean. She was born in Jamaica and studied animation in England at the University for the Creative Arts. Moss now lives in Jamaica where she spends her days illustrating children's books such as Respect with song lyrics by Otis Redding, These Boots Are Made for Walkin' with song lyrics by Lee Hazlewood, African with song lyrics by Peter Tosh, Lean on Me with song lyrics by Bill Withers, I Am a Promise by Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, Abigail's Glorious Hair, and Milo & Myra Learn Manners with Mr. Mongoose. Her latest work is illustrating Edwidge Danticat's children's picture book, Watch Out for Falling Iguanas.
