Tia Fortuna's New Home

Tia Fortuna's New Home
Devon Holzwarth, Ruth Behar
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NZ$ 30.00
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NZ$ 24.00
Hardback
h279 x 216mm - 32pg
25 Jan 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780593172414
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A poignant multicultural ode to family and what it means to create a home as one girl helps her Tia move away from her beloved Miami apartment. When Estrella' s Tia Fortuna has to say goodbye to her longtime Miami apartment building, The Seaway, to move to an assisted living community, Estrella spends the day with her. Tia explains the significance of her most important possessions from both her Cuban and Jewish culture, as they learn to say goodbye together and explore a new beginning for Tia. A lyrical book about tradition, culture, and togetherness, Tia Fortuna' s New Home explores Tia and Estrella' s Sephardic Jewish and Cuban heritage. Through Tia' s journey, Estrella will learn that as long as you have your family, home is truly where the heart is.
"A beautiful tribute to home, family, and traditions. " -Margarita Engle, Pura Belpre Award-winning and Newbery Honor-winning author "Overflowing with warmth, hope and poetry, Tia Fortuna' s New Home is a beautiful celebration of culture, intergenerational love, and the sanctity of home, both old and new. " -Matt de la Pena, Newbery winning author of Last Stop on Market Street "Good fortune to the readers of this wise tale. " -Sandra Cisneros, author of Hairs/Pelitos "A beautiful and heartful reminder that home is not merely where we live, but rather, everything that lives within us. " -Richard Blanco, 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet, author of How to Love a Country "A radiant gem where the ancient past and future encounter one another with a welcoming hope. " -Marjorie Agosin, author of I Lived on Butterfly Hill "A nostalgic glimpse at a little-known but rich culture within the broader Jewish American community. " -Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Ruth Behar is an acclaimed author of adult fiction and nonfiction, and Lucky Broken Girl - winner of the Pura Belpre Award -- is her first book for young readers. She was born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in New York, and has also lived and worked in Spain and Mexico. Her honors include a MacArthur "Genius" Award, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Senior Fellowship, and a Distinguished Alumna Award from Wesleyan University. Devon Holzwarth is an illustrator and writer of picture books full of warmth and charm. She grew up in Panama with the jungle as her garden and parrots and iguanas as pets. Childhood memories and her collection of vintage children' s books strongly inspire her work. Devon earned her BFA in 2000 from the Rhode Island School of Design focusing on screen printing and painting and afterwards lived in California painting murals around the Bay Area, and working for a children' s publication. After having two children and moving to Germany, Devon discovered she was an illustrator and had stories to tell. She currently lives in Aachen with her husband, kids, and beloved old hound dog. Learn more at devonholzwarth. com.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780593172414
Published: 25 Jan 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Random House Books
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 279mm
Width: 216mm
Pages: 32

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