Mariama - Diferente Pero Igual (Mariama - Different But Just the Same)

Winner at the 2015 International Latino Book Awards. Mariama embarks on a journey towards a new life and a new realization--her roots will always remain in her and that differences can bring people closer.

Everything's new for Mariama after a long journey by car, train, boat, and plane from Africa. She's going to discover a world where the streets, her school, and the food are all different. But what about the people? She will have to work hard to learn the language that moon-white children speak, but with the help of her new friends Hugo and Paula, Mariama will discover that, despite all the different customs and traditions that exist between them, there is something that brings them closer beyond all the differences: the pleasure of playing and laughing.

A beautiful tale about identity, the process of integration, and solidarity. Are you ready to meet Mariama and play with her.

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Ganador en los International Latino Book Awards de 2015. Mariama emprende un viaje hacia una nueva vida, pero descubrirá que sus raíces siempre permanecerán en ella y que las diferencias pueden unirnos.

Para Mariama, después de un largo viaje en automóvil, tren, barco y avión desde África, todo es nuevo. Va a descubrir un mundo donde las calles, la escuela y la comida son diferentes, pero y las personas? Deberá esforzarse para aprender el idioma que hablan los niños blancos como la luna, pero con la ayuda de sus nuevos amigos Héctor y Pilar, Mariama descubrirá que, pese a todas las costumbres diferentes que existen entre ellos, hay algo que los une más allá de todas las diferencias: el placer de jugar y reír.

Una bella historia sobre la identidad, el proceso de integración y la solidaridad. Preparados para conocer a Mariama y jugar con ella?

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Read the first pages of Mariama. Diferente pero igual here below:

Author: Jerónimo Cornelles
Publisher: Cuento de Luz SL
Published: 03/17/2015
Pages: 28
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.80h x 10.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9788416147557
Language: Spanish
Audience: Ages 4-8

About the Author
The award-winning author Jerónimo Cornelles combines his work as a writer with the stage management, performance and artistic direction of the theatre company Bramant Teatre and the artistic direction of the Russafa Escènica theatre festival. He has written several plays which have been published in different collections and won numerous prizes, some of which have been translated and performed in countries including Italy, France and Argentina.

llustrator with a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science. Her illustrations have featured in more of a dozen children's picture books published in English, Spanish, Catalan and Swahili. She has won several international awards: First Prize of Illustration of the Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics, 2007. Winner of the Silver medal to the Best illustrator at the Moonbeam Children Book Awards 2013. First Prize in Living Now Awards, 2014 or Best illustrated Picture Book at the International Latino Book Awards 2015 among others.

El galardonado autor y director Jerónimo Cornelles nació en Argentina en 1976. Cornelles se instala en Valencia, (España) a los pocos años de nacer, siendo en esta ciudad donde fija su residencia actual y donde cursa Bellas Artes y Arte Dramático. Es también en Valencia, en 1998, cuando funda la compañía de teatro "Bramant Teatre" de la cual es el director artístico.