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Keywords

birds, blackbird, costa rica, dreams, family, feelings, grandparents, language, multicultural, parents, self esteem, spanish, verbal communication, volcano

Title

The remembering stone

Description

While Ana and her mother feed the blackbirds, Ana's mama shares her dream of visiting her parents in Costa Rica. Ana and her friend Sophis spend the day learning of the dreams of various neighborhood people. That night, Ana dreams she visits her family in Costa Rica. The next day, while feeding the blackbirds, Ana realizes she cannot wait for her dream to come true.

Author

Russell, Barbara Timberlake

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Illustrator

Claire B. Cotts

ISBN

0-374-36242-4

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

2004

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Stephanie Graf

Citation

Russell, Barbara Timberlake, “The remembering stone,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed April 21, 2019, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13661.