Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation's Fight for Their American Dream (Compact Disc)

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Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation's Fight for Their American Dream By Yuyi Morales, Yuyi Morales (Illustrator), Adriana Sananes (Narrated by) Cover Image

Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation's Fight for Their American Dream (Compact Disc)

By Yuyi Morales, Yuyi Morales (Illustrator), Adriana Sananes (Narrated by)

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“This beacon of a picture book, which illustrates the story of the author's own journey to the United States with her two-month-old son, emphatically asserts that immigrants belong in this country, no matter the political rhetoric that claims the opposite. Morales verbally encapsulates the range of emotions that arise on such a journey in text that is concise and intelligible to young readers. Visually, the intricately handcrafted mixed media elements overlaid on atmospheric backgrounds lend a sense of beauty to even the most trying and disconsolate moments of the story. Another award-worthy tour-de-force from a storyteller in her prime.”
— Niki Marion, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA

In 1994, twenty-five-year-old Yuyi Morales traveled from her home in Yelapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent residency in this country. Her passage was not easy, and she spoke no English whatsoever. But due in large measure to help and guidance provided by area children's librarians, she learned English the same way her young son learned to read: through the picture books they shared together. In spare, lyrical verse and with the vibrant images for which she has become legendary, Yuyi has created a lasting testament to the journeys, both physical and metaphorical, that she and Kelly have taken together in the intervening years. Beautiful and powerful at any time-but given particular urgency as the status of our own Dreamers becomes uncertain-this is a story that is both topical and timeless.
Product Details ISBN: 9781974908196
ISBN-10: 1974908194
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Publication Date: September 10th, 2018
Language: English