Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
by Edwidge Danticat and Leslie Staub
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- Grade
- PK-4
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
- Immigrant / Refugee
- African (Global)
Year Published 2015
Word Count 1,173
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 890L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 176658, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Mothers and daughters
- Separation (Psychology) in children
- Separation (Psychology)
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Haitian Americans
- Emigration and immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- Detention of persons
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Commended, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2016
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Selection, 2016
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