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Names: Rivadeneira, Caryn Dahlstrand, author. | Alpaugh, Priscilla,
illustrator. | Rivadeneira, Caryn Dahlstrand. Helper hounds.
Title: Louis helps Ajani fight racism / Caryn Rivadeneira ; illustrated by
Priscilla Alpaugh.
Description: Egremont, Massachusetts: Red Chair Press, [2021] | Includes
fun facts and information about the dog breed, Standard poodle. |
Summary: Ajani loves having a dad from Denmark and a mom from Jamaica.
Ajani speaks three languages and gets to spend summers with his
grandparents in the coolest places. But when a classmate overhears
dark-skinned Ajani speaking Danish, the boy makes a hurtful, racist
comment. Ajani is crushed. Until a chance encounter with Louis the
Helper Hound helps Ajani feel proud of his heritage and helps him and
his classmates fight racism”--Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: ISBN 9781643710860 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781643710877
(softcover) | ISBN 9781643710884 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Standard poodle--Juvenile fiction. | Racially mixed
families--Juvenile fiction. | Racism--Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: Dogs--
Fiction. | Racially mixed families--Fiction. | Racism--Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.R57627 Lo 2021 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.R57627
(ebook) | DDC [E]--dc23
Library of Congress Control Number: 20202948980
Text Copyright © Caryn Rivadeneira
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