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by Kelly Harms
Publishing July 1, 2021
In a military community, there is no one who knows more the struggle of either being a stay-at-home mother or a working one than that of a military spouse. On top of the normal day-to-day struggles, we also have to deal with deployments, constant moves, frequent lifestyle changes, and anything the military throws at us.
That was one of the reasons this book was so appealing to me. Apart from being offered a pre-download from Kindle before actual publication, a story of competing moms â one a stay-at-home, the other who has her own business, but both struggling to raise their kids â appealed to me. Iâve lived both worlds, and I know the stresses of both equally.
Areli Is a Dreamer and other books help kids understand immigration, identity, belonging Pamela Avila, USA TODAY
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Growing up undocumented in the United States, Areli Morales didn t come across many children s books that addressed or helped make sense of her experience. So she wrote her own. Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story, illustrated by Luisa Uribe (Random House Studio, out June 8), depicts the author s early childhood in Puebla, Mexico, where she was born, and in New York City, where she grew up.
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Growing up undocumented in the United States, Areli Morales didn t come across many children s books that addressed or helped make sense of her experience. So she wrote her own. Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story, illustrated by Luisa Uribe (Random House Studio, out June 8), depicts the author s early childhood in Puebla, Mexico, where she was born, and in New York City, where she grew up.
Morales, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient – a program put in place by former president Barack Obama – shares her story to equip young readers with the necessary language to unpack and understand what people like her have gone through and to help readers going through a similar experience feel seen.