A curriculum writer and former English teacher, she has educated children and teens in traditional and alternative learning settings for over 15 years.
Back matter includes a glossary of names featured with pronunciations and origins. Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow is a Philadelphia-based educator and award-winning children’s book author. A resonant tale that honors and celebrates a rich landscape of names. In subtly surfaced illustrations rendered digitally by Uribe, the girl traces names-including Trayvon-through a mellow-toned sky. Your Name is a Song includes back matter perfect for parents, educators, caregivers, and young readers who want to learn more about the names featured in the story. From celebrated author of Your Name Is a Song Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, fine artist Patrick Dougher, and photographer Jamel Shabazz, Hold Them Close is a picture book celebration of Black past, present, and futurea joyful love letter to Black children. They make a way out of no way, make names out of no names-pull them from the sky!”), Momma imparts wisdom that her daughter shares the next day, teaching her name’s correct pronunciation by singing it, and classmates’ names, during roll call. Your Name is a Song is a celebration to remind all of us about the beauty, history, and magic behind names. Describing the musicality of names, Momma encourages her daughter to “tell your teacher that your name is a song,” and expounds on others: “Take the name, Olumide (O-loo-muh-DAY)./ Olumide is a melody, girl! And so is Kotone (KOH-tow-neh).” With a creative answer for each of the child’s hesitations (“Made-up names come from dreamers. Distraught that her classmates don’t pronounce her name correctly, a Black girl in goldenrod overalls complains to her Ummi, who wears a coral-colored headscarf, on the walk home. A conversation between a girl and her mother distinguishes this poignant second picture book from educator Thompkins-Bigelow.
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