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The Brighter I Shine

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For one Armenian child, birthdays are a time for decorating the house with bunches of rose and mint and sumac, for eating beef dumplings with garlic yoghurt, and for baking cakes with family and friends. But birthdays are also a time for telling stories – stories of ancestors and homelands, of births and new beginnings, and of the land their family now calls home. For stories make up who we are, and the more stories that are told, the brighter this little child shines.

A magical tale about finding yourself in the stories of your ancestors and keeping their memories alive.

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The Brighter I Shine is a wonderfully written and illustrated book that helps evoke conversations about family history and the importance of keeping memories alive. Intricately drawn pictures help bring the story together, with something different to look at each time you read the story.

Following a young girl, we learn about her ancestors through the stories she has been told, as all the things she discovers come to life through her birthday celebration.

This is a beautifully written story and the fact there are Armenian words intertwined within the text add to the depth of the story. The Brighter I Shine, would be a great book to use when exploring family trees or helping link to a topic about finding out more about a child’s own heritage. This book would be a wonderful introduction to exploring different cultures within a class. The note from the author at the end of the story featuring questions to help you explore your own ancestors really helps encapsulate and conclude the ideas of the book.

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