Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation Written by: Edwidge Danticat
Illustrated by: Leslie Staub
Published by: Penguin Group
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 36
Genre: Diverse Perspective
Reading Level: PreK-2nd
Overview
This story is about a young girl named Saya. Her mom has been taken away and is currently in prison due to immigration reasons. Her father writes multiple letters to the local government petitioning on his wife's release. His letters never got any attention, but as soon as Saya writes one she receives a response and within a week her mother gets brought before a judge. The judge agrees to let Saya's mom out of prison while she waits for her papers to come. This is a wonderful story to teach children about what many families face today. It is also a wonderful story to show just how powerful one voice can be no matter how small. An activity that children could do with this story would be to write about how they would feel if something like this were to happen to them. They could even write their own petition of why his/her mom should be released from prison! I would use this book in 2nd grade to help teach the social studies topic of immigration.
Sources
https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2016/01/06/putting-books-to-work-em-mama-s-nightingale-a-story-of-immigration-and-separation-em
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=47104
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