Alma and How She Got Her Name

<b>A 2019 Caldecott Honor Book<br><br>&#147;A beautifully illustrated tender story to be shared with all children sure to evoke conversations about their names.&#148; &#151;<i>School Library Journal</i> (starred review)</b><br><br>If you ask her Alma Sofia Esperanza Jos&#233; Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for an answer and learns of Sofia the grandmother who loved books and flowers; Esperanza the great-grandmother who longed to travel; Jos&#233; the grandfather who was an artist; and other namesakes too. As she hears the story of her name Alma starts to think it might be a perfect fit after all&#151;and realizes that <i>she</i> will one day have her own story to tell. In her 2019 Caldecott Honor Book Juana Martinez-Neal opens a treasure box of discovery for children who may be curious about their own origin stories or names.