Liv · Books
Stories that carry the language home.
Bilingual picture books in English and Haitian Creole — made for bedtime, the classroom, and every kid growing up between two homes.
A Mile in My Shoes
By Dalvin & Ashley Josias Sejour · Illustrated by Tincho Schmidt · Creole translation by Christa Dor
Jorge has to leave Haiti for a new country. He learns new streets and new words, misses the people and places he loved, and holds on to the hope of going back. A gentle story about the diaspora journey, told side by side in both languages.
ISBN 978-1-7340678-7-3 · 47 pages · Paperback · Dalvin Digital Design LLC, 2024
Read it together. Then keep talking.
Both languages, every page
English and Haitian Creole side by side, so a parent who speaks one and a child learning the other can read along together.
Illustrated by Tincho Schmidt
Warm, full-page illustrations that bring Jorge's two worlds to life.
Practice in the app
Jorge from the book is Jorge in the app. Pick up the words from the story in games and songs.
Take a peek inside.
Jorge, his family and the island he calls home — with every line in English and Kreyòl.
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