Mango Moon: When Deportation Divides a Family
Diane de Anda
(Author)
Sue Cornelison
(Illustrator)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
First Book's 2nd Annual Title Raves
2020 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
2020 Skipping Stones Honor Award
2020 Alma Flor Ada Best Latino Focused Children's Picture Book, Second Place
Product Details
Price
$8.99
$8.36
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publish Date
October 01, 2021
Pages
32
Dimensions
7.8 X 9.8 X 0.2 inches | 0.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780807549629
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Diane de Anda, a third generation Latina, is a retired professor in the Department of Social Welfare at UCLA and the author of several children's books featuring Latino families.
Sue Cornelison graduated with a BFA from Drake University and continued her studies at the International School of Studio Arts in Florence, Italy. She wrote and illustrated The Twelve Days of Christmas in Iowa, and she illustrated Sofia's Dream, Down by the Bay, You're Wearing That to School?!, and the American Girl Bitty Baby series. She works in her backyard treetop studio in a renovated 1909 carriage house in rural Iowa.
Reviews
"Author De Anda honors the real challenge that many children face when a parent is deported and reminds them that it's 'all right...to cry.' Available in both Spanish and English, this story validates a heartbreaking experience." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Ten-year-old Maricela stares at the mango-colored moon, reminiscing on the many nights during which she and her father did the same--before his deportation. Social worker and scholar DeAnda frankly presents simple responses to the questions immigrant children might have after being separated from their parents. This Spanish version of the simultaneous English publication is sometimes awkward in its phrasing, but overall this is a much-needed text for many libraries serving families in similar situations. Though the book covers a heavy subject, Cornelison's evocative, light-filled spreads add a hint of hope, even while depicting how Maricela's dad's plight affects the whole family--through finances, living situations, school performance. Touching and timely, this is a strong choice for picture-book shelves, especially where bibliotherapy is needed." -- Booklist
"Ten-year-old Maricela stares at the mango-colored moon, reminiscing on the many nights during which she and her father did the same--before his deportation. Social worker and scholar DeAnda frankly presents simple responses to the questions immigrant children might have after being separated from their parents. This Spanish version of the simultaneous English publication is sometimes awkward in its phrasing, but overall this is a much-needed text for many libraries serving families in similar situations. Though the book covers a heavy subject, Cornelison's evocative, light-filled spreads add a hint of hope, even while depicting how Maricela's dad's plight affects the whole family--through finances, living situations, school performance. Touching and timely, this is a strong choice for picture-book shelves, especially where bibliotherapy is needed." -- Booklist
First Book's 2nd Annual Title Raves
2020 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
2020 Skipping Stones Honor Award
2020 Alma Flor Ada Best Latino Focused Children's Picture Book, Second Place