Diarou’s Not So Different
Written by Diarou Bayo
and Riley Campbell
Illustrated by Alex Perkins
Published by Shout Mouse Press, Inc.
Diarou is starting her first week in a new school, in a new country, speaking a new language… and she feels completely alone. She moved to the U.S. from Guinea over the summer and is determined to make friends, but with her limited English, she’s having trouble communicating with her classmates. Just when she thinks she might be on her own, she meets another new student who’s struggling too. Can Diarou find a way to connect across language barriers to make a true friend?
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Publication Date: November 2020
Available As: Paperback, eBook
Picture Book, Age 05 or older
Community Represented: Guinean/Guinean American
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Education & Literacy, Multilingual: French Featured Words, Multilingual: K'iche Featured Words, Multilingual: Malinke Featured Words, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School
Setting: United States
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Immigrant
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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