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Author(s)Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Illustrator(s)Luisa Uribe
Age Group5-10
PublisherThe Innovation Press
ISBN978-1943147724
Year2020

What is the theme of the story your name is a song?

Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class. 

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What is the theme of the story your name is a song?

What is the theme of your name is a song?

Frustrated that no one can pronounce her name, a young girl learns about the musicality of all names and teaches others at her school to sing—and say—her name correctly.

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