Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories
Illustrator
Aliki
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Publication Year
1998
ISBN
9780688156619
Pages
64 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Two separate stories, the first telling of Mari's starting school in a new land, and the second describing village life in her country before she and her family left in search of a better life.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
620L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Language barrier; Immigrants and refugees; learning a new language; immigrant family; immigrant children; family separation
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Undetermined
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1999.Best Children's Books of the Year, 1999 Ages 5 to 9
Best Children's Books of the Year: New Beginnings: Life in a New Land, 2008 Ages 5 to 9
New Beginnings: Life in a New land, 2008
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1999
Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association, 1999
Keywords
girl artists; new students; villages; storytelling; schools; first day of school; understanding
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
., Aliki, "Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories" (1998). Diverse Families. 2014.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2014