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My name is Sangoel / written by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed ; illustrated by Catherine Stock.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.M727455 My 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Williams, Karen Lynn, author.
Mohammed, Khadra, author.
Contributor:
Stock, Catherine, illustrator.
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., publisher.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Communication--Juvenile fiction.
Communication.
Names, Personal--Juvenile fiction.
Names, Personal.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees.
Sudanese Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Sudanese Americans.
Communication--Fiction.
Names, Personal--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Fiction.
Genre:
Picture books.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Place of Publication:
Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Cambridge, U.K. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Summary:
As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem.
Notes:
"Text ©2009 Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed"--verso of title page.
"Illustrations ©2009 Catherine Stock"--verso of title page
A Junior Library Guild selection
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy formerly the property of Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Maryland.
ISBN:
9780802853073
0802853072
OCLC:
244177111

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