Alma and How She Got Her Name

by Juana Martínez-Neal

Her name is too long. Until her father explains where it came from.

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Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela thinks her name is too long. Her father sits with her and tells her the story of each name — the grandmother, the great-great-grandfather, the aunt, the ancestor — until she understands that her name is not too long but full. It contains her whole family. Martínez-Neal won the Caldecott Honor for this book and the illustrations carry the same warmth as the text — the specific visual culture of a Latin American family across generations. The picture book that tells children their name is a gift rather than a burden.

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