Alfredito Flies Home

Alfredito and his family are getting ready to return to El Salvador for Christmas. It will be their first visit back since they left as refugees and made their way to California on foot. But this time they're flying! Excitement mounts as Alfredito and his family soar over the Earth and finally arrive at their beloved home to reunite with family and friends. This extraordinary book celebrates an experience familiar to the many who have left their original country to find a new life. Jorge Argueta's tender, clever prose is perfectly complemented by Luis Garay's rich, authentic illustrations.

About the author

JORGE ARGUETA, a Pipil Nahua Indian from El Salvador and Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, is a prize-winning author of more than twenty children's books. His book Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and was named to USBBY's Outstanding International Books List, ALA Notable Children's Books and the Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices. Jorge is the founder of the International Children's Poetry Festival Manyula and the Library of Dreams, a non-profit organization that promotes literacy in El Salvador. Jorge divides his time between San Francisco, California, and El Salvador.

Summary

Alfredito and his family are getting ready to return to their old home in El Salvador for Christmas, their first time back since they left as refugees. But they will make this trip on a plane — the first time any of them has ever flown. The excitement mounts as they drive to the airport, get on the plane and fly up into the air, each step bringing an increasing level of amazement. But the greatest moment of all is when they finally arrive and their beloved relatives meet them. Their old house looks and feels as it always did. The smells, the food, the new puppies, the familiar plants and flowers fill Alfredito's heart with a sense of belonging and joy.

Product details

• Authors: Jorge Argueta
• Assisted by: Luis Garay (Illustration), Elisa Amado (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2007
• EAN: 9780888995858
• ISBN: 978-0-88899-585-8
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 196 mm x 279 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 382 g
• Illustrations: Color illustrations throughout
• Series: Groundwood Books; Groundwood Books
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration, Caribbean islands, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / General, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Caribbean & Latin America