Mami's Magic Words

Gibberish meets Alma and How She Got Her Name in a celebration of language and how the words we use connect us with the people we love most! Mami’s words are her mother’s words, and they are my words too. Our words are magic to me. Words are like magia, Karena’s Spanish teacher tells the class. But when Karena shares her favorite one, poloché , she’s informed that’s not a “real” Spanish word. Even though her mami used it just this morning, whispered under her breath like a spell to make every wr