Eastern Utah Libraries Catalog: Duchesne, Heber, Roosevelt, & Vernal

Your name is a song /

Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah,

Your name is a song / Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow ; illustrated by Luisa Uribe. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Saddened by her classmates' and teacher's mispronunciations of her name, a girl is empowered by her discovery that names are like songs when she and her mom celebrate the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names.

5 - 10 years. 1-2.

9781943147724 (hardback) 1943147728 (hardback)

on1164146635


Names--Juvenile fiction.
Names, Personal--Pronunciation--Juvenile fiction.
Cultural pluralism--Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Multiculturalism--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Names--Fiction.
Names, Personal--Pronunciation--Fiction.
Diversity--Fiction.
Picture books for children.


Picture books for children.
Picture books.
This project was made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Service administered by the Utah State Library Division.

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