![]() ![]() Under Díaz’s pen, the Monster of “Islandborn” comes to represent larger political implications. “I was hoping it would also be something of a dialogue about what children’s literature is capable of.” Children’s books are no strangers to monsters or antagonists, the building blocks to many self-sustaining plots. “I was hoping this book wouldn’t just be a comment on little Lola and her lovely family and this larger island community from which she comes,” Díaz says. She tracks details through memories from family and friends, all of which are vividly illustrated by Leo Espinosa in brightly colored pages-that is, until a dark, shadowy “Monster” interrupts Lola’s cheerful narrative. ![]() ![]() His first venture into the genre, “Islandborn,” follows a young girl named Lola as she tries to remember the Island, the country she left as a baby. Junot Díaz wants you to know what children’s books can do. ![]()
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