Holding On

Holding On
Sophia N Lee, Isabel Roxas
Our Price:
NZ$ 35.00
Hardback
h305 x 229mm - 32pg
30 Aug 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781534494459
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A young girl in the Philippines uses music to connect with her grandmother as her memory fades in this warm and moving picture book perfect for fans of Pixar' s Coco. There is always singing in Lola' s house. Sammy Davis Jr. in the morning, Dean Martin in the afternoon, and all throughout the evening, old Tagalog love songs from Nora Aunor, Basil Valdez, and more. Lola always says: "If you want to hold on, you gotta sing your songs. " Her granddaughter tucks these sounds and Lola' s wisdom deep within her heart. And when Lola starts slipping into silence and stillness, she helps Lola hold on, piece by piece, with the joy and music that Lola taught her.
"Illustrations by Roxas awash in saturated greens and blues with bright orange and yellow splashes, incorporate a motif of musical notes into images of familial intimacy across time, reinforcing the message of embracing unwavering love through music and memory. " -- Publishers Weekly
Sophia N. Leegrew up in the Philippines. She wanted to be many things growing up: doctor, teacher, ballerina, ninja, crime-fighting international spy, wizard, time traveler, journalist, and lawyer. She likes to think she can be all these things and more through writing. She looks a lot like her lola Benita, but she inherited her love for writing from her lola Josefina, who worked as a principal and an English teacher. She is the author of Soaring Saturdays; What Things Mean, which won a Scholastic Asian Book Award' s grand prize; and Holding On. Learn more about her at SophiaLeeWrites. com. Isabel Roxas is the author-illustrator of The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens. She was born in the Philippines and raised on luscious mangoes, old wives' tales, and monsoon moons. She learned so much from her lolas Fe and Venancia: how to shine the floor with a coconut, navigate a palengke (wet market), and make a scrumptious bowl of ginataan. Learn more about Isabel online at StudioRoxas. com or on Instagram @StudioRoxas.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781534494459
Published: 30 Aug 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardback
Height: 305mm
Width: 229mm
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 479g
Pages: 32

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