Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match / Marisol McDonald no combina

By Monica Brown, Sara Palacios
Hardcover: $19.95

Mismatched and fabulous Marisol McDonald celebrates her Peruvian and Scottish heritage.
Bilingual English/Spanish.

Description

Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. To Marisol, these seemingly mismatched things make perfect sense together.

Other people wrinkle their nose in confusion at Marisol-can’t she just choose one or the other? Try as she might, in a world where everyone tries to put this biracial, Peruvian-Scottish-American girl into a box, Marisol McDonald doesn’t match. And that’s just fine with her.

A mestiza Peruvian American of European, Jewish, and Amerindian heritage, renowned author Monica Brown wrote this lively story to bring her own experience of being mismatched to life. Her buoyant prose is perfectly matched by Sara Palacios’ mixed media illustrations.

About the Creators

Monica Brown

Monica Brown is the award-winning author of over thirty books for children, including Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/no combina, Sharuko, Maya's Blanket/la manta de Maya, Waiting for the Biblioburro, Frida and Her Animalitos, and El Cuarto Turquesa/The Turquoise Room, as well as the Lola Levine chapter book series, among many others. She is the recipient of the Christopher Award, two Américas Awards, and multiple starred reviews. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages, and has appeared in the NYTimes, The Washington Post, and on NPR's All Things Considered. When not writing for children, Brown serves as a professor of English at Northern Arizona University, where she teaches about US Latino and multicultural literature. Brown lives with her family in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her website is monicabrown.net.

Sara Palacios

Sara Palacios was born in Mexico City. She holds degrees in Graphic Design, Illustration, and Digital Graphic Techniques, and is pursuing her MFA in Illustration at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She divides her time between Mexico City and San Francisco, California. Her website is sarapalacios.com.

Awards

  • Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor

    American Library Association (ALA)

  • ALSC Notable Children's Books

    American Library Association (ALA)

  • Junior Library Guild Selection

    Junior Library Guild

  • Tejas Star Reading List

    Texas Library Association (TLA)

Reviews

  • * "Marisol's varied, distinctive lifestyle and multiracial family affirms our increasingly blended society and clearly celebrates independent thinking. Brava!"

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • In this lively bilingual book, Marisol is brought to life in both English and Spanish through Brown's dynamic prose, Palacios's vibrant illustrations, and Dominguez's outstanding translation. This fun book allows readers to meet a wonderful character. Children get a glimpse of what it means to grow up in a biracial family and have other people trying to define what is "normal." The story encourages readers to embrace their uniqueness and be exactly who they are.

    - School Library Journal
  • "Brilliant, rambunctious, delightful."

    - BookDragon by the Smithsonian

Hardcover

  • ISBN 9780892392353
  • Price $19.95
  • Publication Date Apr 01, 2013
  • Trim Size 9.75 × 8.25 in
  • Weight 0.9375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Hispanic & Latino
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Diversity & Multicultural
  • Themes Bilingual, Biracial / Multiracial, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Conflict resolution, Courage, Cultural Diversity, Dreams & Aspirations, Empathy / Compassion, Families, Fiction, Gratitude, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Imagination, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Leadership, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Optimism / Enthusiasm, Overcoming Obstacles, Persistence / Grit, Pride, Realistic Fiction, Self Control / Self Regulation, Similarities and Differences
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades K - 3
  • Guided Reading L
  • Spanish Guided Reading L
  • ATOS Book Level 2.8
  • DRA 24
  • Interest Level Grades Birth - 3
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 580
  • Lexile Measurement AD580L
  • Reading Level Grades 2 - 3
  • SRC 2.3
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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