Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings

Every winter, a young girl flies to Haiti to visit her Auntie Luce, a painter.

The moment she steps off the plane, she feels a wall of heat, and familiar sights soon follow -- the boys selling water ice by the pink cathedral, the tap tap buses in the busy streets, the fog and steep winding road to her aunt's home in the mountains.

The girl has always loved Auntie Luce's paintings -- the houses tucked into the hillside, colorful fishing boats by the water, heroes who fought for and won the country's independence. Through Haiti's colors, the girl comes to understand this place her family calls home. And when the moment finally comes to have her own portrait painted for the first time, she begins to see herself in a new way, tracing her own history and identity through her aunt's brush.

Includes an author's note and a glossary.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 10/02/2018
ISBN: 9781773060415
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.80w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/15/2018
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018 pg. 126
Booklist 10/15/2018 pg. 47
School Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 93
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 509358 / Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5