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Engle, Margarita

Light for All

40 pp. | Simon/Wiseman | December, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5344-5727-0 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5344-5728-7 $10.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Raúl Colón. Lady Liberty's torch reassures immigrants from around the world and across time in this inclusive, celebratory picture book. Engle's spare, rhythmic text paints the immigrant experience in broad strokes, identifying emotional themes--courage, pride, and identity--that many travelers share. Colón's illustrations are more specific; his richly saturated, evocatively textured images capture expressive faces of families fleeing war and disaster, then practicing their skills and exercising new freedoms across the United States. A spread depicting a classroom acknowledges the United States' complicated socio-political history--specifically the seizure of Native American and Mexican land and chattel slavery; the page turn is abrupt, but the message essential. This lyrical and thought-provoking read-aloud is both welcoming and honest.
Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald

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