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A multilingual story of love and learning, joy and journey Inspired by the families throughout Central Africa who are forced to leave their homes, this is an honest but hopeful own-voice narrative about displacement, migration, and finding a new home. Having fled their village as conflict approaches, Mamá, Papá, Lolie, and Nico live in a refugee camp until they are chosen for resettlement in North America. Their new city is a go, go, go of new challenges, but also a return to love and learning, joy and journey. A text woven from three languages celebrates multilingual speakers and the resilience of refugees.
A multilingual story of love and learning, joy and journey Inspired by the families throughout Central Africa who are forced to leave their homes, this is an honest but hopeful own-voice narrative...
A multilingual story of love and learning, joy and journey Inspired by the families throughout Central Africa who are forced to leave their homes, this is an honest but hopeful own-voice narrative about displacement, migration, and finding a new home. Having fled their village as conflict approaches, Mamá, Papá, Lolie, and Nico live in a refugee camp until they are chosen for resettlement in North America. Their new city is a go, go, go of new challenges, but also a return to love and learning, joy and journey. A text woven from three languages celebrates multilingual speakers and the resilience of refugees.
While I'll always wish we didn't have the need for books about forced displacement, I'm happy to see that children's books are more and more taking the lead in telling these stories in a way that children can understand. In an era of increased screen time for kids, they're more likely now than ever to catch glimpses of current events in the world; with a book like this, not only can children who have experienced something like this relate, but their counterparts who haven't can learn and be aware.
While I initially wanted more detail to Lolie and her family's story, I appreciated the author's reasoning for keeping it vague because it can relate to anyone from any displaced area. I appreciated that Kende! Kende! Kende! is multilingual, as well. Overall, I think it's a hopeful but honest story accompanied by really cute illustrations.
(Thanks to NetGalley and the author for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.)
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What a cute read! I read this book to my son and ecerytime I screamed Kende! Kende! Kende! He got excited! It truly was an enjoyable read.
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While I'll always wish we didn't have the need for books about forced displacement, I'm happy to see that children's books are more and more taking the lead in telling these stories in a way that children can understand. In an era of increased screen time for kids, they're more likely now than ever to catch glimpses of current events in the world; with a book like this, not only can children who have experienced something like this relate, but their counterparts who haven't can learn and be aware.
While I initially wanted more detail to Lolie and her family's story, I appreciated the author's reasoning for keeping it vague because it can relate to anyone from any displaced area. I appreciated that Kende! Kende! Kende! is multilingual, as well. Overall, I think it's a hopeful but honest story accompanied by really cute illustrations.
(Thanks to NetGalley and the author for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.)
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What a cute read! I read this book to my son and ecerytime I screamed Kende! Kende! Kende! He got excited! It truly was an enjoyable read.
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Children's Fiction, Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga, Middle Grade
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