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Nana Akua Goes to School Ashland022924In this moving story that celebrates cultural diversity, a shy girl brings her West African grandmother whose face bears traditional tribal markings to meet her classmates. It is Grandparents Day at Zura's elementary school, and the students are excited to introduce their grandparents and share what makes them special. Aleja's grandfather is a fisherman. Bisou's grandmother is a dentist. But Zura's Nana, who is her favorite person in the world, looks

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from the colonial town meeting to the nineteenth-century party machine

and the facts speak for themselves

The ensuing events resonate with the violence and inevitability of classic tragedy

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The traditional stickers have been replaced with plastic tiles which means no fading

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Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers (May 3

and strikingly observant style with six thematically linked stories