Book Descriptions
for A Story about Afiya by James Berry and Anna Cunha
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Author, who passed away in 2017, was a celebrated Jamaican poet living in the UK. Illustrator is an award-winning Brazilian artist who has illustrated more than 20 books for Brazilian and international publishers.
London, England. Originally published in London, England as A Story About Afiya by Lantana in 2020. Published in the United States by Lantana in 2020.
From the Publisher
Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's childhood, written by the late Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning Jamaican poet James Berry.