My Mother's Tongues Life Cycles the scenes travel through childhood

the scenes travel through childhood triumphs and milestones

With playful rhyming text from award-winning poet Susan Musgrave and gorgeous illustrations by Esperança Melo

threatened by the authorities

a strong and stubborn Polish orphan

But when it is time to start her new school

My Mother's Tongues Life Cycles the scenes travel through childhoodIn a sparkling debut authored by a sixteen year old daughter of immigrants, this ode to the power of multilingualism gives voice to the lasting benefits of speaking with more than one tongue. Sumis mother can speak two languages, Malayalam and English. And she can switch between them at the speed of sound: one language when talking to Sumis grandmother, another when she addresses the cashier. Sometimes with Sumi she speaks a combination of both. Could