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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.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7663
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ada, Alma Flor, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Memoirs. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
- Ada, Alma Flor.
- Ada, Alma Flor--Homes and haunts--Cuba--Juvenile literature.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Authors, American.
- Authors, Cuban--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Authors, Cuban.
- Cuban American women--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Cuban American women.
- Cuba--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
- Cuba.
- Cuba--Intellectual life--Juvenile literature.
- Families--Cuba--Juvenile literature.
- Families.
- Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth.
- Cuba--Social life and customs.
- Family life--Cuba.
- Childhood and youth of a person.
- Homes.
- Intellectual life.
- Manners and customs.
- Family members.
- Genre:
- collective biographies.
- autobiographies (literary genre)
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7663)
- Physical Description:
- 227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Where the flame trees bloom
- Days at La Quinta Simoni
- Under the royal palms.
- Notes:
- "First Atheneum Books for Young Readers paperback edition August 2015"--title page verso.
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 7663: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Contains:
- Ada, Alma Flor. Where the flame trees bloom.
- Ada, Alma Flor. Under the royal palms.
- ISBN:
- 9781481442459
- 1481442457
- 9781481429009
- 1481429000
- OCLC:
- 899949340
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