Durham Police Department issued the following announcement on Feb. 2.
The Durham Police Department is proud to present the “Little DPD Library.” The library is part of the “Take a Book, Leave a Book” outreach program. Each month, the “Little DPD Library” will feature a different book. You can expect to find multiple copies of the book in the library, which is in front of DPD Headquarters at 602 East Main Street.
The featured book for February is “Islandborn” by Junot Diaz
From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination.
A 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration
Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else.
Hers was a school of faraway places.
So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories—joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening—Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: “Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.”
Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, “Islandborn” is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us—to our families, to our past and to ourselves.
Reading age: 5 - 8 years
Grade level: Kindergarten - 3
Original source can be found here.
Source: Durham Police Department
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