My Mother's Tongues: A Weaving of Languages (a Celebration of Multilingual Family Bonds and Cultural Identity for Kids Ages 4-8) Binding:Hardcover Praise for Elise Gravel:

Praise for Elise Gravel:

Chomping into a cricket sandwich

When she ventures to her grandmother's to deliver rice cakes and herbal medicine

"Luke Pearson is one of the best cartoonists working today

My Mother's Tongues: A Weaving of Languages (a Celebration of Multilingual Family Bonds and Cultural Identity for Kids Ages 4-8) Binding:Hardcover Praise for Elise Gravel:In 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. Sumi's mother can speak two languages, Malayalam and English. And she can switch between them at the speed of sound: one language when talking to Sumi's grandmother, another when she addresses the cashier. Sometimes with Sumi she speaks a combination of both.