Islandborn is the first children's book by Dominican-American author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz.[1] With illustrations by Leo Espinosa, who was born in Colombia, the picture-book features Dominican girls living in the Bronx, much like Díaz's goddaughters to whom he had long promised a children's book.[2] The protagonist Lola, who immigrated when she was six years old, does not remember the Dominican Republic, and sets out to fill in her missing memories.[3]
InThe Chicago Tribune, Nara Schoenberg reviewed Islandborn as a "pitch-perfect children's book", noting Díaz's『humor, vivid detail and an authentic kid’s-eye view』as well as the "enticing mixed-media illustrations that bring Lola’s candy-colored world to life, infusing it with myth and magic."[4]
The 48-page work was published by Dial Books for Young Readers on March 13, 2018.[5]
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