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Your Name Is a Song

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

After a day in which teachers and classmates repeatedly pronounce her name incorrectly, a young girl tells her mother that she does not want to return to school. The book addresses the anxiety children from many language communities feel when their names are called. It presents saying a name as a song, offering a positive response that affirms culturally and linguistically diverse children’s names and identities. A glossary of names is included.

This book appears on 3 reading lists across 2 editions from 3 organizations.

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Book details

Themes
Diversity And Inclusion · Identity · Language And Communication · School
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
The Innovation Press
Published
July 7, 2020
ISBN-13
9781943147724
Language
English
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