Island treasures : growing up in Cuba : includes Where the flame trees bloom, Under the royal palms (winner of the Pura Belpré Award), and the new collection Days at La Quinta Simoni / Alma Flor Ada ; illustrations by Edel Rodriguez and Antonio Martorell.

Author/creator Ada, Alma Flor author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Description227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth. --Juvenile literature.
Ada, Alma Flor--Homes and haunts. --Cuba. --Juvenile literature.
Authors, American--20th century. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Authors, Cuban--20th century. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Cuban American women--Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Families--Cuba. --Juvenile literature.
Cuba--Social life and customs. --Juvenile literature.
Cuba--Intellectual life. --Juvenile literature.

Other author/creatorRodriguez, Edel illustrator.
Other author/creatorMartorell, Antonio, 1939- illustrator.
Included WorkAda, Alma Flor Where the flame trees bloom.
Included WorkAda, Alma Flor Under the royal palms.
Uniform titleMemoirs. Selections
Contents Where the flame trees bloom -- Days at La Quinta Simoni -- Under the royal palms.
Abstract Told through the eyes of a child, this anthology of true autobiographical tales from Hispanic author and educator Alma Flor Ada presents inspiring reflections on a unique childhood spent on the island of Cuba. Includes Spanish to English glossary.
Audience NC 1080 Lexile
Reading Program Accelerated Reader AR 6.7 6.0
Awards noteA Junior Library Guild selection
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formAutobiographies.
LCCN 2014034812
ISBN9781481442459 (hc)
ISBN1481442457 (hc)
ISBN9781481429009 (pbk.)
ISBN1481429000 (pbk.)
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