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Back Home: Story Time with My Father
Arlène Elizabeth Casimir
Illustrator: Ken Daley
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-2320-0
Keywords: Family/School/Community-Haiti, storytellings, lessons, imagination, empowerment
Lune learns the power of stories when her father shares magical tales of his life in Haiti, inspiring her to create her own narratives. Lush, colorful digital illustrations. Haitian Creole glossary. Author's note.