{"product_id":"auntie-luces-talking-paintings-9781773060415","title":"Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Haitian American girl finds connection to generations of family lore in this story of identity, heart and home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery winter, a young girl flies to Haiti to visit her Auntie Luce, a painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe moment she steps off the plane, she feels a wall of heat, and familiar sights soon follow -- the boys selling water ice by the pink cathedral, the tap tap buses in the busy streets, the fog and steep winding road to her aunt's home in the mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe girl has always loved Auntie Luce's paintings -- the houses tucked into the hillside, colorful fishing boats by the water, heroes who fought for and won the country's independence. Through Haiti's colors, the girl comes to understand this place her family calls home. And when the moment finally comes to have her own portrait painted for the first time, she begins to see herself in a new way, tracing her own history and identity through her aunt's brush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eauthor's note\u003cbr\u003eglossary\u003cbr\u003etranslations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2\u003cbr\u003eRetell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3\u003cbr\u003eDescribe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7\u003cbr\u003eUse illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5\u003cbr\u003eDescribe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaTour, Francie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFrancie Latour is a writer and educator whose work explores issues of race, culture and identity. She was a staff reporter for the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e for ten years, and her essays have been featured on National Public Radio, the \u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e show, \u003cem\u003eThe Root\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEssence\u003c\/em\u003e. This is her first picture book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancie was born in the US to Haitian parents and traveled to Haiti often as a young girl. She was inspired to write \u003cem\u003eAuntie Luce\u003c\/em\u003e by a chance encounter in 1992 with the late Luce Turnier -- one of Haiti's most celebrated female artists -- who painted Francie's portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaley Daley, Ken:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKen Daley was born in Canada to parents who emigrated from Dominica, and his illustrations for this book are inspired by his African Caribbean roots. Ken has also illustrated \u003cem\u003eJoseph's Big Ride\u003c\/em\u003e by Terry Farish, an Ontario Library Association Best Bet. He has exhibited his art in Canada, the United States and the Caribbean, and his work can be found in numerous private collections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646868066578,"sku":"9781773060415","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c58a8f16-d6d0-45b7-8fd6-37107777d344.jpg?v=1733188249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/auntie-luces-talking-paintings-9781773060415","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}