Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald No Combina
Sara Palacios
(Illustrator)
Description
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)
Mismatched and fabulous Marisol McDonald celebrates her Peruvian and Scottish heritage.
Bilingual English/Spanish.
Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. To Marisol, these seemingly mismatched things make perfect sense together.
Other people wrinkle their nose in confusion at Marisol-can't she just choose one or the other? Try as she might, in a world where everyone tries to put this biracial, Peruvian-Scottish-American girl into a box, Marisol McDonald doesn't match. And that's just fine with her.
A mestiza Peruvian American of European, Jewish, and Amerindian heritage, renowned author Monica Brown wrote this lively story to bring her own experience of being mismatched to life. Her buoyant prose is perfectly matched by Sara Palacios' mixed media illustrations.
Check out the other titles in this series:
MARISOL MCDONALD AND THE CLASH BASH / MARISOL MCDONALD Y LA FIESTA SIN IGUAL - MARISOL MCDONALD AND THE MONSTER / MARISOL MCDONALD Y EL MONSTRUO - MARISOL MCDONALD DOESN'T MATCH / MARISOL MCDONALD NO COMBINA
Product Details
| Publisher | Children's Book Press (CA) |
| Publish Date | April 01, 2013 |
| Pages | 32 |
| Language | Spanish; Castilian |
| Type |  Hardback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780892392353 |
| Dimensions | 9.9 X 8.8 X 0.5 inches | 0.8 pounds |
About the Author
Monica Brown is the award-winning author of over thirty books for children, including Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/no combina, Sharuko, Maya's Blanket/la manta de Maya, Waiting for the Biblioburro, Frida and Her Animalitos, and El Cuarto Turquesa/The Turquoise Room, as well as the Lola Levine chapter book series, among many others. She is the recipient of the Christopher Award, two Américas Awards, and multiple starred reviews. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages, and has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and on NPR's All Things Considered. When not writing for children, Brown serves as a professor of English at Northern Arizona University, where she teaches about US Latino and multicultural literature. Brown lives with her family in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her website is monicabrown.net.
Sara Palacios was born in Mexico City. She holds degrees in Graphic Design, Illustration, and Digital Graphic Techniques, and is pursuing her MFA in Illustration at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She divides her time between Mexico City and San Francisco, California. Her website is sarapalacios.com.
Reviews
* "Marisol's varied, distinctive lifestyle and multiracial family affirms our increasingly blended society and clearly celebrates independent thinking. Brava!" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Palacio's collage work incorporates newsprint, vibrant patterns, and Peruvian motifs, echoing the message about being true to oneself" -- Publishers Weekly
In this lively bilingual book, Marisol is brought to life in both English and Spanish through Brown's dynamic prose, Palacios's vibrant illustrations, and Dominguez's outstanding translation. This fun book allows readers to meet a wonderful character. Children get a glimpse of what it means to grow up in a biracial family and have other people trying to define what is "normal." The story encourages readers to embrace their uniqueness and be exactly who they are. -- School Library Journal
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)
ALSC Notable Children's Books - American Library Association (ALA)
Black-Eyed Susan Award - Maryland Association of School Librarians
Junior Library Guild Selection
Prairie Bud Children's Book Award - South Dakota Library Association
Tejas Star Reading List - Texas Library Association (TLA)
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