Turtle Knows Your Name - Hardcover

Bryan, Ashley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689315783 ISBN 13: 9780689315787

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1989

Synopsis

A small boy with a very long name is challenged by his grandmother to find out her real name.

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About the Author

Ashley Bryan grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he has shared the joy of song with children ever since. A beloved illustrator, he was recently named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He has also been the recipient of the Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award; the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award; has been a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer; a Coretta Scott King Award winner; and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan’s Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lives in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.

Ashley Bryan grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he has shared the joy of song with children ever since. A beloved illustrator, he was recently named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He has also been the recipient of the Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award; the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award; has been a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer; a Coretta Scott King Award winner; and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan’s Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lives in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-- Bryan shows his love of word patterns, sounds, and repetition in his retelling of this West Indian folktale. In addition to the boy named Upsilimana Tumpalerado and his Granny, Mapaseedo Jackalindy Eye Pie Tackarindy, Bryan uses animals sounds, whistles, chants and phrases such as ". . .she hugged him once, she kissed him twice, she swung him around, wheee, three times!"to create a rhythmic text which celebrates the pride of two people who learn to honor their names and their identities, and expect others to do the same. Turtle plays the role of a benevolent supernatural figure--listening, observing, and recording names in shells at the bottom of the sea--validating their importance even though others are unable or unwilling to do so. By the end the names are kept as a secret power by Granny and Son, who do not need the recognition of others, since they know and value themselves. The art is beautifully patterned, like the text, with vibrant images in the full-page, watercolor paintings. The handsome and loving black grandmother and her grandson inhabit a radiant, tropical world and should bring delight to young children and storytellers, who will recognize their proud and loving spirits, and will enjoy chanting the very long names over and over again. --Marilyn Iarusso, New York Public Library
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About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0689315783
• ISBN 13: 9780689315787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bryan Ashley