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Muriel Feelings (1938–2011)

Autor(a) de Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book

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About the Author

Muriel L. Feelings was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 31, 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in art with minors in Spanish and education from California State University at Los Angeles. She worked as a teacher in Philadelphia, New York City, and Kampala, Uganda. She wrote several mostrar mais children's books including Zamani Goes to Market, Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book, which won the Randolph Caldecott Medal, and Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book, which also won the Randolph Caldecott Medal. She died on September 29, 2011 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras por Muriel Feelings

Zamani Goes to Market (1970) 34 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1938-07-31
Data de falecimento
2011-09-29
Sexo
female
Local de nascimento
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locais de residência
New York City, New York, USA
Educação
University of Arts
California State University, Los Angeles (BA, Art)
Ocupações
teacher
Organizações
Organization for Afro-American Unity

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[from Philadelphia Tribune online obituary]
Feelings was born on July 31, 1938 in Philadelphia in a home surrounded by books. After finishing high school she attended what is now the University of the Arts before relocating to California with her mother and sister. She transferred to what is now California State University at Los Angeles earning a bachelor's degree in art with minors in Spanish and education.

As a young adult, Feelings returned to Northwest Philadelphia where she taught junior high school. She then moved to New York City where she taught in the public school system and soon joined the Organization for Afro-American Unity. Joining the latter was an impetus for her to accept a teaching assignment at a high school in Kampala, Uganda in 1966.

After returning to New York two years later she rekindled a romantic friendship with artist and book illustrator Tom Feelings. The two wed in 1969. Tom Feelings encouraged his wife to write a children's book. The couple then immigrated to Guyana where Muriel Feelings continued to write and also trained teachers.

While in Guyana, Muriel and Tom Feelings collaborated on their second book, “Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book” which earned them the Randolph Caldecott Medal in 1972. After moving back to New York and having a second son, Kamili, the couple published “Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book” which also won the Caldecott award in addition to the honors from the Pennsylvania State Library Association and the American Library Association Notable Books in 1972.

Muriel Feelings retreated from the public eye after her 1974 divorce. Yet even up to her death she never gave up her love of children's literature. One could often find her signing books at the Wadsworth or Sedgwick branches of the Philadelphia Free Library or reading her book/conducting workshops at the African American Children's Book Fair.

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Evocative images, done in simple black and white, high quality illustrations and printing. Tells the alphabets of Swahili through words and then explaining the meaning of the word in the cultural context. the images align with the word
 
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kakanihome | 24 outras críticas | Dec 23, 2022 |
This is a decent story with a good lesson, but the writing style is a little dry. I don't know if it would engage many children. The pictures are stunning, though.
 
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Allyoopsi | 1 outra crítica | Jun 22, 2022 |
The main focus of this book is that it ties counting and the Swahili culture and language. Throughout the pages it has numbers and than translated to the Swahili language, but within those pages it depicts the lifestyle of African culture. It helps you pronounced the translation of those numbers as well. I would use this book to introduce a project in which students have to translate numbers in another language or math concepts. It is a great way to have diversity in the classroom, by learning cultures and languages other than English. This book can also be used in Social Studies and Science. In the picture it depicts different landscapes and teachers could use that to introduce landscapes of other countries or surrounding places.… (mais)
 
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Stephh1323 | 11 outras críticas | Nov 17, 2021 |
Zamani's unselfishness is rewarded when he spends the first money he earns on a gift for Mother.
 
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riselibrary_CSUC | 1 outra crítica | Jun 8, 2020 |

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Obras
3
Membros
1,828
Popularidade
#14,076
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
39
ISBN
26

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