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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Malaika, the little Caribbean girl whose story began in author Nadia L. Hohn and illustrator Irene Luxbacher's Malaika's Costume, returns in this second picture-book. When her mother comes home from Canada, it is to announce her impending marriage to Mr. Frederic, and the fact that Malaika will be moving to Canada with them. Sad at being parted from her grandmother, our heroine struggles to find her footing in this cold, new place, where everyone speaks differently, where she must adjust to a new steps-sister, and where Carnival is nothing like it is at home. After an impulsively destructive act, done in anger, Malaika finds a way to put things right... Like its predecessor, Malaika's Winter Carnival pairs a poignant story with appealing artwork. Also like its predecessor, the story here is told partly in standard North American English, and partly in Caribbean dialect, a choice which, while it will present a challenge for some young readers and listeners, also lends the narrative an authentic feeling. Nadia Hohn captures Malaika's sense of displacement, her dismay at the unfamiliarity of everything and everyone around her, but her resolution of the central crisis provides a hopeful, upbeat conclusion. Recommended to anyone who read and enjoyed the first book about Malaika, as well as to those looking for children's stories about the immigrant experience and/or the festival of Carnival. no reviews | add a review
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Nadia L. Hohn's prose, written in a blend of standard English and Caribbean patois, tells a warm story about the importance of family, especially when adjusting to a new home. Readers of the first Malaika book will want to find out what happens when she moves to Canada, and will enjoy seeing Malaika and her family once again depicted through Irene Luxbacher's colorful collage illustrations.--Provided by Publisher. No library descriptions found.
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Makes more sense as a sequel, now even more context for families traveling across the globe. ( )