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Author:

Salazar, Aida, author.

Title:

In the spirit of a dream : 13 stories of American immigrants of color / written by Aida Salazar ; created by Alina Chau ; illustrated by Alina Chau [and 12 others].

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Scholastic Pressan imprint of Scholastic, Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm

Subject:

Immigrants--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Ansari, Anousheh,--1966---Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Ommaya, Ayub K.,--1930---Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Candido,--1921---Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Mutombo, Dikembe--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Danticat, Edwidge,--1969---Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Omar, Ilhan,--1981---Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Lee, Jim,--1964---Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Gutiérrez Haces, Juana--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Ma, Yo-Yo,--1955---Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Immigrant families--Juvenile literature.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Chau, Alina, illustrator. illustrator.
Diaz, Bianca, illustrator.
Jomepour Bell, Rahele, illustrator.
Xu, Nicole, 1994- illustrator.
Daley, Ken, 1976- illustrator.
MBD, Dion, illustrator.
Azim, Fahmida, illustrator.
Flores, Vanessa, illustrator.
Ramírez, José, illustrator.
D'Alessandro, Gaby, illustrator.
Imamura, Yasmin, illustrator.

Contents:

Immigrant parents / illustrated by Alina Chau. Alejandro Albor / illustrated by Bianca Diaz -- Anousheh Ansari / illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell -- Ayub Khan Ommaya / illustrated by Nicole Xu -- Cándido Camero / illustrated by Ken Daley -- Conceição Damasceno / illustrated by Paulo D. Campos -- David Tran / illustrated by Alina Chau -- Dikembe Mutombo / illustrated by Dion Mbd -- Edwidge Danticat / illustrated by Tracy Guiteau -- Ilhan Omar / illustrated by Fahmida Azim -- Jim Lee / illustrated by Vanessa Flores -- Juana Gutiérrez / illustrated by Jose Ramirez -- Yo-Yo Ma / illustrated by Gaby D'Alessandro -- Undocupoets / illustrated by Yas Imamura -- Immigrant parents / illustrated by Alina Chau.

Summary:

"In the spirit of a dream, many immigrants of color set out across continents, oceans, and borders, travelling to the United States in pursuit of opportunity. This book is a celebration of 13 American immigrants of color, from world-famous to local heroes, politicians, surgeons, athletes, activists and more. The biographies included feature engineer and astronaut Anousheh Ansari; Paralympic athlete and entrepreneur Alejandro Albor; surgeon Ayub Khan Ommaya; jazz musician Candido Camero; dancer Concei̇ao Damasceno; Sriracha inventor and businessman David Tran; basketball player Dikembe Mutombo; author Edwidge Danticat; politician Ilhan Omar; comic artist Jim Lee; environmental activist Juana Guttierez; cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the Undocupoets, a group of undocumented poets. These stories are told in poems by Aida Salazar and artwork by Alina Chau, Bianca Diaz, Dion MBD, Fahmida Azim, Gaby D'Alessandro, Jose Ramirez, Ken Daley, Nicole Xu, Paulo D. Campos, Rahele Jomepour Bell, Tracy Guiteau, Vanessa Flores, and Yasmin Imamura."-- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1338552872
9781338552874

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1224299895

LCCN:

2021007608

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AIPC937 -- Karl Miles Lecompte Memorial Library (Corydon)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)