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Hamanaka, Sheila

Grandparents Song

32 pp. | HarperCollins | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-688-17852-9 $$15.99 | Library ISBN 0-688-17853-7 $$16.89
(4) K-3 A girl tells of her ancestry, which includes grandmothers of Native and Latin descent and grandfathers of African and European descent. The sometimes self-consciously lyrical rhyming text ("I reach for the sky / like a tree, like a tree") and inventive art, which enlists wood sculpture, beadwork, and other media, elegantly convey the book's unstated message: that this girl's family history is also this country's.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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