Name: A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water across the World
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Author: Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9780802723079

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A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water across the World

Type

Physical Book

Author

Christine Ieronimo

Illustrated by

Eric Velasquez

Publisher

Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books

Language

English

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

28.6 x 22.7 x 1.1 cm

Weight

0.42 kg.

ISBN13

9780802723079

Synopsis "A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water across the World"

Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu. She becomes Eva in her new home in America, and although her life there is better in so many ways, she'll never forget her homeland and the mother who gave up so much for her. Told through the lens that water connects all people everywhere, this eye-opening, emotional story will get readers thinking about the world beyond their own.

Eric Velasquez

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Eric Velásquez is an American author and illustrator of Afro-Puerto Rican descent, born in New York and raised in Spanish Harlem. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 1983. Before focusing on illustrated books, he worked on cover design and interior illustrations for various publications

His first illustrated book was "The Piano Man" (1998), which earned him the John Steptoe New Talent Award in 1999. In 2011, he received the Pura Belpré Award for "Grandma's Gift". Another notable work is "Looking for Bongo" (2016), a children's story that follows a boy in search of his lost toy. Velásquez has been recognized for his ability to capture the essence of the Afro-Latino experience in the United States through his detailed and expressive illustrations.

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