Mariama: Different But Just the Same
Illustrator
Nívola Uyá
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9788416147601
Pages
28 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Everything's new for Mariama after a long journey by car, train, boat, and plane from Africa. She's going to discover a world where the streets, her school, and the food are all different. But what about the people? A beautiful tale about identity, the process of integration, and solidarity. Are you ready to meet Mariama and play with her?
Grade Level
PK-1
Lexile Measure
AD740L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Language barrier; Bicultural; Immigrants and refugees; communication barrier; learning a new language; bicultural child; immigrant child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
African
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
African village; school; food; friendship; differences; journey; travel; adjusting
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Cornelles, Jerónimo, "Mariama: Different But Just the Same" (2015). Diverse Families. 1729.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1729