Baba Palooza
A Picture Book
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- € 8,99
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- € 8,99
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My Papi Has a Motorcycle meets Bilal Cooks Daal in this sweet father-daughter story that celebrates hardworking immigrant parents
When Aizah rides with her dad on Saturday mornings, she feels like a movie star—Baba in the driver’s seat, her in the back. Baba’s taxi seems brighter and the world seems bigger when they’re together.
Baba works long hours, so he can’t walk Aizah home from school and they rarely get to eat dinner together, but they still squeeze in family time however they can. So when Baba has to miss her school’s daddy-daughter dance, Aizah plans something SUPER-DUPER-EXTRA-SPECIAL to surprise him.
Spotlighting a Pakistani American Muslim family, this universal picture book is a proud love letter to working class parents, immigrants, and dads everywhere.
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In a touching picture book, Ghani and Alam craft an exuberant ode to a working father's love. Young Aizah loves riding in Baba's "zingy yellow" cab, which makes the child feel like a movie star—"Baba in the driver's seat, me in the back." But the job's long hours mean that Aizah's father, who wears hearing aids and communicates via Pakistan Sign Language, often misses family dinner and school plays. And the protagonist notices that "sometimes Baba's taxi makes him feel sticky with shame." When Aizah realizes that Baba will have to work through a school daddy-daughter dance, the youth plans a spectacular "Babapalooza" celebration, including a special performance and an appreciative display of "all the cool things we've gotten to do because of his hard work." Bright, thin-lined illustrations incorporate the taxi's signature hue and images of the car on a proscenium stage in this powerfully affectionate portrait of care that goes two ways. An author's note concludes. Ages 4–8.
