Adapting to Life Changes
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Mustafa
By (author):
Marie-Louise Gay
Illustrated by:
Marie-Louise Gay
Marie-Louise Gay
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Illustrated by :
Marie-Louise GayImprint:
Groundwood Books - TorontoISBN:
9781773061382Product Form:
HardcoverForm detail:
Printed dust jacket
Hardcover
, Printed dust jacket
English
Audience:
Juvenile: Age (years) 4 - 8, Grade (CAN) K - 3, Grade (US) K - 3
Aug 01, 2018
$19.95 CAD
Active
Dimensions:
10.5in x 8 x 0.4 in | 0.97 lbPage Count:
40 pagesIllustrations:
full color throughout
Groundwood Books Ltd
Groundwood Books
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award 2018, Short-listed
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award 2019, Short-listed
Boston Globe Best Books for Children 2018, Commended
Blue Spruce Award 2020, Short-listed
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Young Mustafa feels invisible in his adopted home until a girl extends a welcoming hand. From world-renowned author-illustrator Marie-Louise Gay.
Boston Globe, Best 2018 Books for Children
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Finalist
Mustafa and his family traveled a long way to reach their new home. Some nights Mustafa dreams about the country he used to live in, and he wakes up not knowing where he is. Then his mother takes him out to the balcony to see the moon — the same moon as in their old country. In the park, Mustafa sees ants and caterpillars and bees — they are the same, too. He encounters a “girl-with-a-cat,” who says something in a language that he can’t understand. He watches an old lady feeding birds and other children playing, but he is always looking in from the outside and he feels that he is invisible. But one day, the girl-with-the-cat beckons to him, and Mustafa begins to become part of his new world.
Marie-Louise Gay’s remarkable ability to write and illustrate from the perspective of a young child is movingly exhibited in this gentle, thoughtful story about coming to feel at home in a new country.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
- Marie-Louise Gay’s story is beautifully written from the perspective of a young child, and her illustrations are exquisite, as always.
- While there is a growing body of children’s literature about the journey and hardships of the refugee experience, in this book for young children Marie-Louise Gay wanted to create a story that focused on the experience of arrival and coming to feel at home in a new place.
- Mustafa’s feeling of being on the outside is one that many children will be able to relate to, whether they are facing a new home or school, or trying to fit in with their peers.
- Curriculum connections include Social Studies / heritage and identity, people and environments; and Health / interpersonal skills.
- Marie-Louise Gay’s most recently published book, Short Stories for Little Monsters, was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award.
MARIE-LOUISE GAY is an internationally acclaimed children's book creator whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages. She has won many awards including two Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award. She has also been nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.
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MARIE-LOUISE GAY is an internationally acclaimed children's book creator whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages. She has won many awards including two Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award. She has also been nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.
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A touching story about adjustment, recovery, love, and friendship, told of a boy whose family moves to a new country due to war. . . . An invaluable resource for those working with children from resettled refugee families as well as host communities. - Kirkus Reviews
The story of a young boy moving to an unfamiliar place and finding his way, even when another language is spoken, is one that all children should hear . . . One for the must-be-purchased list. - School Library Journal
Perfectly pitched to help young children explore empathy in a thoughtful, nonthreatening manner. - Booklist
[T]ouching . . . This nuanced book shows the necessity of friendship for those who carry unseen emotional scars from war. - Horn Book
This gentle, heartwarming story features Marie-Louise Gay’s distinct and delightful watercolour illustrations. … A timely tale that is told in prose that is gentle and spare and lovely. - Canadian Children’s Book Centre
