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Reviewed on February 1, 2015 | Preschool to Grades 4
PreS-Gr 2—Vibrant orange endpapers open with a stylized bird ascending, beginning the journey that is the subject of this colorful picture book. Mariama's family is moving from an unspecified country in West Africa to an unspecified country in the Western world. There she encounters children speaking "a very strange language," who are "nearly as white as the African moon." The simplified text details differences such as meals eaten with knives and forks, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
