El Proyecto 1619: Nacieron sobre el agua

Translated by Jasminne Mendez
Cuando una estudiante es asignada el trabajo de completar un árbol familiar y solo puede contar tres generaciones atrás, Abuela junta a toda la familia, y la estudiante aprende que hace 400 años, en 1619, sus antepasados fueron robados y traídos a los Estados Unidos por esclavizadores europeos. Pero antes de eso, ellos tenían un hogar, una tierra, un idioma.

La estudiante aprende cómo la gente que dice haber nacido sobre el agua sobrevivió.
Cómo sembraron sueños y esperanza.
Cómo aprendieron nuevas palabras
para amor
para amigo
para familia
para alegría
para crecer
 
para hogar.
 
Con verso lírico escrito por la periodista ganadora del Premio Pulitzer Nikole Hannah-Jones y Renée Watson, autora ganadora de un Premio de Honor Newbery, e ilustraciones extraordinarias de Nikkolas Smith, al narrar las consecuencias de la esclavitud y la historia de la resistencia Negra en los Estados Unidos, este libro para niños del Proyecto 1619 sirve como una guía para que lectores de todas las edades puedan reflexionar sobre el origen de la identidad americana.
 
Bestseller #1 del New York Times

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION


The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse, adapted for audio, chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson.


A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders.
But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived.

 
And the people planted dreams and hope,
willed themselves to keep
living, living.
 
And the people learned new words
for love
for friend
for family

for joy
for grow
for home.
 
With powerful verse and striking illustrations by Nikkolas Smith, Born on the Water provides a pathway for readers of all ages to reflect on the origins of American identity.
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine, and creator of the landmark 1619 Project. In 2017, she received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, known as the Genius Grant, for her work on educational inequality. She has also won a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and the 2018 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from Columbia University. In 2016, Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a training and mentorship organization geared toward increasing the number of investigative reporters of color. View titles by Nikole Hannah-Jones
A Junior Library Guild selection

“Un regalo para los afroamericanos y todos que lo lean”.
Kirkus Reviews, reseña destacada

“La historia afroamericana no es solo una de la esclavitud y del sufrimiento, pero también de esperanza y perseverancia”.
Publishers Weekly, reseña destacada

“Una obra impresionante”.
School Library Journal, reseña destacada 

“Una respuesta informativa y conmovedora a una pregunta esencial”.
The Horn Book, reseña destacada

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Cuando una estudiante es asignada el trabajo de completar un árbol familiar y solo puede contar tres generaciones atrás, Abuela junta a toda la familia, y la estudiante aprende que hace 400 años, en 1619, sus antepasados fueron robados y traídos a los Estados Unidos por esclavizadores europeos. Pero antes de eso, ellos tenían un hogar, una tierra, un idioma.

La estudiante aprende cómo la gente que dice haber nacido sobre el agua sobrevivió.
Cómo sembraron sueños y esperanza.
Cómo aprendieron nuevas palabras
para amor
para amigo
para familia
para alegría
para crecer
 
para hogar.
 
Con verso lírico escrito por la periodista ganadora del Premio Pulitzer Nikole Hannah-Jones y Renée Watson, autora ganadora de un Premio de Honor Newbery, e ilustraciones extraordinarias de Nikkolas Smith, al narrar las consecuencias de la esclavitud y la historia de la resistencia Negra en los Estados Unidos, este libro para niños del Proyecto 1619 sirve como una guía para que lectores de todas las edades puedan reflexionar sobre el origen de la identidad americana.
 
Bestseller #1 del New York Times

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION


The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse, adapted for audio, chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson.


A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders.
But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived.

 
And the people planted dreams and hope,
willed themselves to keep
living, living.
 
And the people learned new words
for love
for friend
for family

for joy
for grow
for home.
 
With powerful verse and striking illustrations by Nikkolas Smith, Born on the Water provides a pathway for readers of all ages to reflect on the origins of American identity.

Author

Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine, and creator of the landmark 1619 Project. In 2017, she received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, known as the Genius Grant, for her work on educational inequality. She has also won a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and the 2018 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from Columbia University. In 2016, Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a training and mentorship organization geared toward increasing the number of investigative reporters of color. View titles by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Praise

A Junior Library Guild selection

“Un regalo para los afroamericanos y todos que lo lean”.
Kirkus Reviews, reseña destacada

“La historia afroamericana no es solo una de la esclavitud y del sufrimiento, pero también de esperanza y perseverancia”.
Publishers Weekly, reseña destacada

“Una obra impresionante”.
School Library Journal, reseña destacada 

“Una respuesta informativa y conmovedora a una pregunta esencial”.
The Horn Book, reseña destacada

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