The geographical and cultural distance between two cousins is counteracted by the universalities of childhood and the dream of uniting.Olu lives in Lagos, Nigeria; his cousin, Greta, lives in Milan, Italy. Though their lives may be different, their ways of living and playing are quite similar. They both roller skate; they both skip down the street; they both play with toy trains, trucks, and boats... and they both dream of meeting and being together. Debut author-illustrator Diana Ejaita references her own childhood and heritage to create a rich, poignant, and authentic portrayal of Nigeria, of Italy, and of the unity of childhood.
A boy and his grandmother make a new home on the moon, deeply connected to the cultural roots and family members they were forced to leave behind, in this stirring picture book inspired by the African diaspora from poet Aracelis Girmay.One day, young Kamau and his Grandmother ZZ wake up to find themselves on the moon. Kamau doesn't remember Back Home, but Grandma ZZ does, and she misses it terribly. Together, through memories and dance and letters and song, Kamau and ZZ find a way to make a new life for themselves in this strange land: a new life which is not only rooted in the stories, memories, and traditions that ZZ carries inside her, but which also lovingly reaches out across the vast expanse of space to connect and communicate with the family members from whom they've been separated. “Girmay’s contemporary folktale uses succinct, direct language to convey the anguish of relocation and celebrate the resilience necessary to survive in a new land. Ejaita’s striking illustration
