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Alma and how she got her name / Juana Martinez-Neal.

Van Pelt Library PS3613.A78688 A46 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Martinez-Neal, Juana, author, illustrator.
Contributor:
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Families.
Names, Personal--Juvenile fiction.
Names, Personal.
Hispanic Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic Americans.
Families--Fiction.
Names, Personal--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Juvenile Fiction.
Local Subjects:
Hispanic Americans--Juvenile Fiction.
Families.
Families--Fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic Americans.
Names, Personal.
Names, Personal--Juvenile fiction.
Names, Personal--Fiction.
Genre:
Picture books.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
Alma & how she got her name
Place of Publication:
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Language Note:
English.
Summary:
When Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.
Credits:
Juana Martinez-Neal.
Notes:
"The illustrations were done with graphite, colored pencils, and print transfers on handmade textured paper."--colophon.
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2018
Caldecott Honor, 2019
NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children Recommended Book, 2019
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
Caldecott Honor Book, 2019
ISBN:
9780763693558
0763693553
OCLC:
995127994

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