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BOOKS OF THE MONTH

My Mother’s Tongues

By Uma Menon, illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell

Written by a 16-year-old author, this richly textured picture book is a moving celebration of immigrant multilingualism: languages “woven together like fine cloth” until “the seams are invisible”.

We Are the Wibbly! A Tadpole’s Tail

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