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Zusatztext After Castro confiscates her father’s restaurant! Gabriella’s parents leave Cuba for New York to settle in the Bronx. Unaware of the reason for their departure or its consequences! Gabriella stays with her grandparents. Several weeks later! her father returns and takes her to her new home. “She missed her toys! the sound of the beach! and Abuelita and Abito.” She cries the first day of school; “Miss Lepoor kept talking to Gabriella! but Gabriella did not understand.” This picture book chronicles the year in which Gabriella learns English! makes friends! and acclimates to her new life. One year and seven months after her parents immigrate! both Cuban grandparents join the family in America. Youngsters will gain insight into the immigrant experience as well as the Cuban revolution through the simple! heartfelt narration. Lush! evocative watercolor and colored-pencil artwork captures the warmth of the child’s family as well as the contrast between the tropical beauty and unrest of her homeland and the wintry New York landscape. Pair this book with Rosemary Wells and Secundino Fernandez’s My Havana (Candlewick! 2010)! which is a more detailed account of a six-year-old boy’s exodus for similar reasons. School Library Journal ! September 2011 Informationen zum Autor Edie Colón is an elementary school teacher in New York state. She emigrated from Cuba at age five. Her book Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York! is based on her childhood. Raúl Colón has illustrated several highly acclaimed picture books including the New York Times bestselling Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt and Susanna Reich’s José! Born to Dance , which received a starred review in Booklist . Mr. Colón lived in Puerto Rico as a young boy and now resides in New City, New York, with his family. Klappentext "Lush, evocative." ?School Library Journal "Raul Colón's art…has a sweetness that's sometimes tinged with anxiety, sometimes with hope. A fine addition to books about the immigrant experience." ?Booklist "This gentle look back at an important time will also speak to contemporary children whose families are starting anew in the United States." ?Publishers Weekly When five year old Gabriella hears talk of Castro and something called revolution in her home in Cuba, she doesn't understand. Then when her parents leave suddenly and she remains with her grandparents, life isn't the same. Soon the day comes when she goes to live with her parents in a new place called the Bronx. It isn't warm like Havana, and there is traffic not the ocean outside her window. Their life is different?it snows in the winter and the food at school is hot dogs and macaroni. What will it take for the Bronx to feel like home? Zusammenfassung “Lush, evocative.” — School Library Journal “Raul Colón’s art…has a sweetness that’s sometimes tinged with anxiety, sometimes with hope. A fine addition to books about the immigrant experience.” — Booklist “This gentle look back at an important time will also speak to contemporary children whose families are starting anew in the United States.” — Publishers Weekly When five year old Gabriella hears talk of Castro and something called revolution in her home in Cuba, she doesn't understand. Then when her parents leave suddenly and she remains with her grandparents, life isn't the same. Soon the day comes when she goes to live with her parents in a new place called the Bronx. It isn't warm like Havana, and there is traffic not the ocean outside her window. Their life is different—it snows in the winter and the food at school is hot dogs and macaroni. What will it take for the Bronx to feel like home?...
