Eloise and Olivia have an Immigrant Cohort!

With sharp wit, IN ENGLISH, OF COURSE treats of a timely, larger issue: that native-speaking people sometimes underestimate the talents, dignity--and humor--of newcomers, often with preposterous results. It will resonate not only with the 24.8 million foreign-born people now living in the USA, but also with citizens of foreign ancestry.

Narrative Descriptor

When her teacher attempts to acclimate his new class by having them describe their foreign backgrounds (in English, of course), he misunderstands Josephine’s broken English so that she must call upon words from her baby brother’s picture books and upon charades that elicit helpful vocabulary prompts from the teacher. She finally tells a coherent--if uproarious--tale about her misadventures on a farm, and mutual admiration prevails.

Author’s Postscript details her experiences as the daughter of immigrants in the Bronx of the ‘50’s. The illustrator is a recent Russian immigrant.

Also available in Spanish, in both hardcover and paperback!