Ochún y yo: Una historia de amor y trenzas (Spanish Language Edition): Oshún and Me: A Story of Love and Braids (Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

Nelson, Adiba

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250339545 ISBN 13: 9781250339546

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends, 2025

Synopsis

Tiernamente ilustrado por Alleanna Harris, el primer libro ilustrado de Adiba Nelson, Ochún y Yo, es una conmovedora oda a la familia, la identidad y la belleza de las trenzas. ¡También disponible en inglés!

¡Es domingo y eso significa que es el día de hacerte el pelo! Mientras Mami teje oro y conchas de cauri en el cabello de Yadira, le cuenta la historia de la diosa Ochún, mostrándole a Yadi cómo su herencia afro latina está amorosamente tejida en cada trenza y concha.

Al día siguiente, Yadi llega a su primer día en una nueva escuela. Está nerviosa por hacer amigos, pero con sus hermosas trenzas, el clic-clac de las conchas de cauri y un poco de guía de Ochún, ella descubre que tiene todo lo que necesita para ser su mejor y más auténtica versión de sí misma.

Al final del libro se incluye una carta del autor e información sobre diferentes tipos de peinados trenzados.

About this title

About the Authors

Adiba Nelson is the author of Oshún & Me, Hazel's Best Day, and Ain’t That A Mother, the memoir that Essence, Bustle, and Shondaland all hailed as a "must read," and subject of the Emmy winning documentary, The Full Nelson. She is also a retired performer, disability rights advocate/activist, freelance journalist and very tired mom! In 2013 she wrote and self-published her first children’s book, Meet ClaraBelle Blue, after not being able to find a children’s book that adequately and appropriately represented her daughter (disabled, Black). Since then Adiba has led numerous workshops and given keynote addresses around the country for parents, educators and education professionals and paraprofessionals, focusing on DEIA from a disability perspective. In 2017, Adiba delivered her first TEDx talk (Skating Downhill: The Art of Claiming Your Life) to a sold-out crowd, and has since joined the NPR affiliate Arizona Public Media as a regular contributor on Arizona Spotlight, spoken at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture, and led a memoir master class in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the request of the poet dubbed the "Maya Angelou of the Millennial Generation," Azure Antoinette.

Alleanna Harris has been drawing for as long as she can remember. As a little kid, she would draw on every page of her mom’s legal pads, her notebooks at school, and on the programs at church. She graduated from the University of the Arts with a BFA in animation with honors, and it was during this time she realized her love for illustration. Alleanna finds inspiration in the beauty of everyday things. She seeks to create images that are immersive, rich in color, and have a sense of warmth. She lives in New Jersey, and is the illustrator of multiple books for children, including Oshun & Me and All the Greatness in You.

Edition details

• Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 1250339545
• ISBN 13: 9781250339546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Harris Alleanna
• Number of pages: 32