![]() ![]() ![]() As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: “Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.” Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us-to our families, to our past and to ourselves. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories-joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening-Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. Islandborn Junot Daz, Leo Espinosa MaCMS/W Professor Junot Daz and illustrator Leo Espinosa publish Islandborn, a joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking children’s book on memory, place, and imagination. She can't remember The Island-she left when she was just a baby. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Junot Díaz On Sale MaFrom New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. ![]() Islandborn by Junot Díaz (Author), Leo Espinosa (Illustrator)Įvery kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. ![]()
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