Happy Birthday, Jamela!
Daly, Niki
Hardcover
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BOOK SUMMARY
What Jamela wants for her birthday is a pair of beautiful princess shoes. What she gets instead is clunky, practical school shoes. Jamela is definitely disappointed, but with glitter, beads, and glue and a burst of inspiration she transforms her present
BOOK SYNOPSIS
What Jamela wants for her birthday is a pair of beautiful princess shoes. What she gets instead is clunky, practical school shoes. Jamela is definitely disappointed, but with glitter, beads, and glue – and a burst of inspiration – she transforms her present into a funky, fun work of art. Mama thinks Jamela’s handiwork is a waste of hard-earned money . . . until a local artist helps Jamela tap the full potential of her spirited creativity.
Vibrant illustrations animate a sunny and satisfying story set in South Africa about embracing the imagination and also about feelings and situations that often arise at birthdays and other gift-giving occasions.
AUTHOR BIO
NIKI DALY, a Hans Christian Andersen Award nominee, has written and illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including three previous tales about Jamela and her family, one of which Jamelas Dress was an ALA Notable Book. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
BOOK REVIEWS
"Daly's warm illustrations support his persuasive premise that it takes a village to raise a child." --Kirkus Reviews "Full of vitality. A wonderful addition to multicultural collections." --School Library Journal "Exuberant. Kids everywhere will relate to the joyful birthday story." --Booklist
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0374328420
ISBN(13-digit): 9780374328429
Dewey Decimal: [E]
Library of Congress: 2005052763
Book Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 32
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