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MOTHERS WEEK: FLOATING ON MAMA’S SONG / FLOTANDO EN LA CANCION DE MAMA by Laura Lacamara

   This week the Latina Book Club  has celebrated Mothers with books with strong, courageous Mamás.  We began with our Book of the Month, THE CRUEL COUNTRY. We hope you have enjoyed our selections.   Feel free to share your favorite “Mother” book with us.   Here now is our final selection.  Happy Reading.  Happy Mothers Week! Singing makes me so happy . – Mamá Laura Lacamara has written a sweet, magical children’s book inspired by her mother, who was an opera singer in Havana.   Lacamara’s book comes to live with the vibrant and amazing illustrations from talented illustrator Yuyi Morales .   Readers of all ages will enjoy this book again and again.   And, best of all, the book is bilingual -- written in both English and Spanish.      BOOK SUMMARY:   Anita comes home from school on her seventh birthday to find her mother singing opera and floating in the air.  Everyone ...