- HIT TITLE NOW IN PAPER: the new, accessible format will bring this innovative title to even more readers
- LIVED EXPERIENCE: Leonarda wrote this story based on her experiences growing up in Toronto, Canada with her grandmother, an immigrant from Central America with Black and Indigenous ancestry.
- TIMELY AND IMPORTANT THEMES: It was important for the author to capture moments of everyday racism that children and their caregivers often encounter. For fans of The Proudest Blue and Last Stop on Market Street.
- DEBUT AUTHOR: Annick is delighted to introduce author Leonarda Carranza. Leonarda has done work with InkWell Workshops, which offers creative writing workshops for people with lived experience of mental illness.
- DEBUT ILLUSTRATOR: Annick is also delighted to introduce illustrator Rafael Mayani. Rafael's beautiful colors, creativity, and wonderfully expressive characters are a joy to dive into.
Este debut literario relata la profunda y conmovedora historia de cómo una niña y su abuelita enfrentan varias manifestaciones del racismo en su vida cotidiana.
El tiempo en casa con Abuelita es divertido. Incluye comer panqueques, saltar charcos y pintarse las uñas. Mientras que las salidas para hacer compras no siempre son divertidas. En el supermercado y en el bus la gente es impaciente y desconfiada. A veces alzan la voz y gritan. Esto entristece, enfada y atemoriza a la niña protagonista de la historia. Ella decide nunca más salir de su casa. Esto cambia cuando en un instante la pequeña se da cuenta que unidas, ella y Abuelita, son mucho más fuertes.
Los cálidos y expresivos dibujos de Rafael Mayani ilustran magníficamente la ternura que existe entre la narradora y su querida Abuelita.
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Leonarda Carranza
LEONARDA CARRANZA was born in San Salvador and currently lives in Brampton, Canada, part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. She holds a PhD in Social Justice Education from the University of Toronto. Her debut picture book, Abuelita and Me/Abuelita y yo, was a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and winner of the International Latino Book Award.
