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Author:

Ada, Alma Flor. author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Atheneum Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
Ada, Alma Flor--Homes and haunts--Cuba--Juvenile literature.
Authors, American--20th century--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Authors, Cuban--20th century--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Cuban American women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Families--Cuba--Juvenile literature.
Cuba--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
Cuba--Intellectual life--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Martorell, Antonio, 1939- illustrator.
Ada, Alma Flor. Where the flame trees bloom.
Ada, Alma Flor. Under the royal palms.

Other Titles:

Memoirs. Selections.

Contents:

Where the flame trees bloom -- Days at La Quinta Simoni -- Under the royal palms.

Summary:

These true autobiographical tales from renowned Hispanic author and educator Alma Flor Ada are filled with family love and traditions, secrets and deep friendships, and a gorgeous, moving picture of the island of Cuba, where Alma Flor grew up. Told through the eyes of a child, a whole world comes to life in these pages.

ISBN:

1481442457 (hardcover)
9781481442459 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2014034812

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)