Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Author
Appears on these lists
Big Feelings about Back to School
Books for Discussing Diversity and Difference with Young Children
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
Books for Discussing Diversity and Difference with Young Children
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
Description
Saddened by her classmates' and teacher's mispronunciations of her name, a girl is empowered by her discovery that names are like songs when she and her mom celebrate the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names.