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Always An Olivia
Carolivia Herron

Always An Olivia

Kar-Ben Pub. (Oct 01, 2007)
9780822570493
30 pages | 224 x 290 mm
Dewey * E : History
LC Classification Picture Books
LC Control No. 2006033680

Genre

  • Juvenile / Picture Book

Subject

  • 790 JEWISH HISTORY / AFRICAN JEWRY / 790

Plot

An elderly black grandmother passes on the story of the family's Jewish origins to her young granddaughter, Carol Olivia. As family members flee the Spanish Inquisition, are kidnapped by pirates and eventually sail to America, one daughter in each generation is given the name Olivia, from the Hebrew Shulamit meaning ?peace, ? to honor the Jewish part of their ancestry. Critically-acclaimed author Carolivia Herron (Nappy Hair) shares this engaging, multicultural tale is based on her own family's heritage.

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