Mariama Different But Just the Same [Hardcover]

Winner at the 2015 International Latino Book Awards

Everything is new for Mariama after a long journey by car, train, boat, and plane from Africa. She is going to discover a world where the streets, her school, and the food are all different. However, what about the people? A beautiful tale about identity, the process of integration, and solidarity. Are you ready to meet Mariama and play with her?

Guided Reading Level: L, Lexile Level: 810L

Winner at the 2015 International Latino Book Awards

Everything is new for Mariama after a long journey by car, train, boat, and plane from Africa. She is going to discover a world where the streets, her school, and the food are all different. However, what about the people? A beautiful tale about identity, the process of integration, and solidarity. Are you ready to meet Mariama and play with her?

Guided Reading Level: L, Lexile Level: 810L

The award-winning authorJer?nimo Cornellescombines his work as a writer with the stage management, performance and artistic direction of the theatre company Bramant Teatre and the artistic direction of the Russafa Esc?nica theatre festival. He has written several plays which have been published in different collections and won numerous prizes, some of which have been translated and performed in countries including Italy, France and Argentina.

llustrator with a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science. Her illustrations have featured in more of a dozen childrens picture books published in English, Spanish, Catalan and Swahili. She has won several international awards: First Prize of Illustration of the Institut dEstudis Bale?rics, 2007. Winner of the Silver medal to the Best illustrator at the Moonbeam Children Book Awards 2013. First Prize in Living Now Awards, 2014 or Best illustrated Picture Book at the International Latino Book Awards 2015 among others.