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Heart Never Forgets, The
Ana Ot
Illustrator: Hayden Goodman
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-66591-305-8
Keywords: Family/School/Community-West Africa, Nigeria, dance, music, death, family love, social-emotional learning (SEL)
At the first masquerade festival a little girl attends after her grandfather's death, she is sad, but honors him by dancing. Evocative gouache paintings. Back matter about West African masquerades.