![]() Back matter includes a glossary of names featured with pronunciations and origins. A resonant tale that honors and celebrates a rich landscape of names. In subtly surfaced illustrations rendered digitally by Uribe, the girl traces names-including Trayvon-through a mellow-toned sky. They make a way out of no way, make names out of no names-pull them from the sky!”), Momma imparts wisdom that her daughter shares the next day, teaching her name’s correct pronunciation by singing it, and classmates’ names, during roll call. A curriculum writer and former English teacher, she has educated children and teens in traditional and alternative. ![]() ![]() Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, M.S.Ed, is a Philadelphia-based educator and children’s book author. Describing the musicality of names, Momma encourages her daughter to “tell your teacher that your name is a song,” and expounds on others: “Take the name, Olumide (O-loo-muh-DAY)./ Olumide is a melody, girl! And so is Kotone (KOH-tow-neh).” With a creative answer for each of the child’s hesitations (“Made-up names come from dreamers. How is your name a song This book is full of rhythm and sounds that will inspire young readers to find music in their own names. ![]() Distraught that her classmates don’t pronounce her name correctly, a Black girl in goldenrod overalls complains to her Ummi, who wears a coral-colored headscarf, on the walk home. ![]() A conversation between a girl and her mother distinguishes this poignant second picture book from educator Thompkins-Bigelow. ![]()
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