Malaika's Surprise

Malaika's Surprise — page 1 — Text copyright 2021 by Nadia L. Hohn Illustrations copyright 20121 by Irene Luxbacher Published in Canada and the USA in 2021 by Groundwood Books All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the publisher or a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency Access Copyright For an Access Copyright license visit www.accesscopyright cor call toll free to 1-300-893-5777 Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press groundwoodbooks.com Groundwood Books respectfully acknowledges that the land on which we operate is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit the Anishnabeg the Chippewa the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples Wegratefully acknowledge for their financial support of our publishing program the Canada Council for the Arts the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Canada For my real life surprise my baby sister Tierra but also in memory of Hodan Nalayeh who threw me a lifeline when I needed it NH Canada Council Conseil des Arts for the Arts du Canada ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO with the pription of the Government of Canada Canada Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title Malaika's surprise Nadia L Hohn pictures by Irene Luxbacher Names Hohn Nadia L. author Luxbacher Irene illustrator Identifiers Canadiana print 2020025945X Canadiana ebook 20200253468 ISBN 9781773062648 hardcover ISBN 9781773062655 EPUB ISBN 9781773065151 Kindle Classification LCC P33615.03 M38 2021DDCC813 6dc23 The illustrations were done in gouache soft pastels and found papers and edited digitally Design by Michael Solomon Bienvenue Welcome Bonne fête à toi Happy birthday to you Carnaval id Camival is here Doubles An Indo Trinidadian street food made of two pieces of fried dough filled with curried chickpeas hot sauce tamarind and other chutney toppings Famille Family Habibi My love Je sai I know Notre petit frère Our little brother Qui Who Soca Music that developed in the 1970s in Trinidad and Tobago when calypso music was influenced by Indo Caribbean rhythms R B soul and disco Un petit bébé A little baby Yalla Let's go French Arabic

Malaika's Surprise — page 2 — IT'S SUMMERTIME EVERY DAY Adèle and I put on masks and colorful capes to play carnival We dance to the soca music coming from the windows of our house We sing Carnival is here carnaval ici again and again until we fall down laughing

Malaika's Surprise — page 3 — I see a little girl looking at us Who's that I say Qui Adèle ask But the little girl is gone Malaika Adèle Papa Frédéric call Dinnertime Okay Papa we say dragging our feet home

Malaika's Surprise — page 4 — At dinner I ask Mummy Can the little girl next door come out to play Which little girl she ask me I tell Mummy about her Sounds like a new little friend she say

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