Children’s Book Reading & Author Visit : My Heart Speaks Kriolu by Stefanie Foster Brown

Join us for a special visit from CT-based Children’s Author Stefanie Foster Brown for a reading of her new book My Heart Speaks Kriolu. After the reading, make a shell artwork inspired by the book. Copies of My Heart Speaks Kriolu will be available for purchase from Bank Square Books. This program is part of our Free First Saturday programming.

Date & Time: Saturday, March 7, 11 am

Cost: Free for all

My Heart Speaks Kirolu, by Stefanie Foster Brown. 

On Saturday walks with her grandfather, a young girl connects with her Cabo Verdean heritage while learning about the true meaning of home in this moving debut picture book.

Papa always speaks of someday bringing his granddaughter back home to Cabo Verde. But the young girl has never set foot on their ancestral island’s faraway shores. And each time Papa urges her to speak Kriolu, the Portuguese creole native to the West African country, the girl’s tongue betrays her, and she stumbles over her own words. If she can’t even get the language right, can her grandfather’s home ever truly be hers, too?

But each Saturday afternoon when she helps guide her sight-impaired grandfather through their close-knit Massachusetts community, the girl swears she can smell, hear, feel Kriolu. And each Saturday she comes closer to discovering where home truly lies.

About the Author:

Stefanie Foster Brown is a fourth-generation Cabo Verdean American whose grandparents were the last in her family to speak Kriolu. A former school psychologist, Stefanie lives in Connecticut with her family. My Heart Speaks Kriolu, inspired by Stefanie’s memories of taking walks with her Papa in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is her debut book. Visit Stefanie at StefFosterBrown.com or on social media @StefFosterBrown.