cover image Floating on Mama's Song/Flotando en la canción de mamá

Floating on Mama's Song/Flotando en la canción de mamá

Laura Lacámara, illus. by Yuyi Morales, HarperCollins/Tegen, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-084368-7

Lacámara debuts with a whimsical bilingual tale of a family whose love of music takes a magical turn when the narrator, Anita, turns seven. Anita arrives home to find her mother singing: nothing unusual there, except that she's floating in the air while doing so. Mother and daughter are delighted, but Anita's grandmother is displeased, as are the neighbors. Promising not to sing breaks Anita's mother's spirit, and it's up to Anita to set things right. Morales's luminous paintings are a vision, rife with sly characterizations, warm familial bonds, and the joy that music brings. Ages 4–7. (Sept.)