I am cherished / ; By Ako, Onome.
| Format: | My name is Kikelomo and I am cherished! It's Kikelomo's first day of school and she is excited and a little nervous too. But when it's time to share names in circle, Kikelomo is taken aback by the other children's cruelty about hers. When Kikelomo comes home that night, her mother and father remind her how carefully they chose her name and what it means. Kikelomo remembers that her name means "a child who is cherished" in Yoruba, the language of her mother's side of the family. It prompts her to think about all the times she feels cherished and who she is, held inside her loving Mohawk Nigerian Canadian family. When Kikelomo returns to school the next day, she can't wait to share why calling her by her name is important, because it reminds her who she is, and how everyone can pronounce it if they try. By the next day, all the children are sharing the stories of their names in a way that shows their own special connections to family and themselves. As Kikelomo says at the end of the story: "And now I will never forget. My name is Kikelomo, and I am cherished". |
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| Copyright: | 2024 |
| ISBN: | 9781443194495 |
| Publisher: | Toronto, ON : North Winds Press, an imprint of Scholastic Canada Ltd., |
| Physical Details: | 29 pages : chiefly colour illustration ; 25 cm. |
| Record No.: | 435966 |
| Type/Format | Call Number | Location | Due Date | Last Seen | Barcode |
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 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | Prince Street Elementary School | 2025-04-15 | prin17840 | |
| 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | Queen Elizabeth Elementary School | 2025-06-16 | qees24467 | |
| 03. English Easy Reading |
Prince Street Elementary School | 2025-02-19 | |||
| 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | Glen Stewart Elementary School | 2025-02-07 | GLEN39687 | |
| 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | LM Montgomery Elementary School | 2025-05-19 | 2025-05-08 | LMMS39582 |
| 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | Souris Regional School | 2025-03-20 | SRHS25004 | |
| 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | Englewood School | 2025-01-17 | ENGL16967 | |
| 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | Vernon River Consolidated School | 2024-12-23 | VRCS12798 | |
| 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | Stratford Elementary | 2025-03-04 | STRA350312 | |
| 03. English Easy Reading |
E AKO | Elm Street Elementary School | 2025-03-03 | essx34239 |