My Havana: Memories of a Cuban Boyhood
A young Cuban immigrant eases his homesickness by re-creating the city of Havana in a poignant tale that will resonate with readers today."You’re always drawing in that notebook of yours," Dino’s friend teases. To the small boy, 1950s Havana is alive with color, music, and glamour, and he itches...
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A young Cuban immigrant eases his homesickness by re-creating the city of Havana in a poignant tale that will resonate with readers today."You’re always drawing in that notebook of yours," Dino’s friend teases. To the small boy, 1950s Havana is alive with color, music, and glamour, and he itches to capture it on paper. When Fidel Castro and the Communist Party take over the Cuban government, Dino’s family must move to New York, where the lonely boy pours his heart into making a model of Havana’s archways and balconies, buildings and streets. Rosemary Wells composes a tender ode to an immigrant boy who grew up to be a U.S. architect, while Peter Ferguson’s atmospheric paintings evoke two vibrant cities as they were half a century ago.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780763643058 (076364305X)
Publish date: August 10th 2010
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 72
Edition language: English
Touching story told from the perspective of a young Cuban boy during the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s. Dino loves his Havana, especially the architecture which he so carefully sketches. However, circumstances take him away from his beloved home. First it's a 2 year stint in Spain to help out family...