Winners! BookviewPLUS: Painted Words / Spoken Memories: Marianthe's Story

Author: Aliki

Illustrator:  Aliki

First Published: 1998

Genre: Upside-down Book

Subjects:

• Painting - Art
• Immigration and Emigration - Family World
• Moving to another country - Family World
• New school - Schools
• School - Social World

Bookbrief: 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.

Recommended Grade Group: PreK-Grade 2