Un mundo nuevo: (When This World Was New)

by Danilo Figueredo, Enrique O. Sanchez (Illustrator)

Overview

In Spanish. Un mundo nuevo brings us a gentle and uplifting story of coming to America.

It was Danilito's first day in America. He and his parents have just made a long, exhausting move from the Caribbean to New York City. The ocean and the palm trees he is familiar with are now replaced by tall buildings and crowded streets.

Danilito is scared. He has heard that some Americans are not friendly to foreigners. In addition, he does not speak any English. His parents have worries, too. They will have to find new jobs, a new home, and adjust to the new surroundings. This was going to be their first cold winter.

Danilito's worries disappear the next morning when he wakes up and Papa leads him on a magical trip of discovery. Translated from When This World Was New, Un mondo nuevo brings us a gentle and uplifting story of coming to America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643795683
Publisher:	Lee & Low Books
Publication date:	09/01/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	36 MB
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Age Range:	5 - 8 Years
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

D. H. Figueredo is the author of Lee & Low's When This World Was New and The Road to Santiago. A native of Cuba who has lived in New Jersey since he was a teenager. Figueredo is the director of the Bloomfield College Library and is the author of Cleaning Day and Big Snowball Fight, published by Bebop Books. He lives in Piscataway, New Jersey, with his wife and their children.

Enrique O. Sanchez has illustrated numerous award winning children's books, including Lee & Low's Abuela's Weave, Amelia's Road, and Confetti. A native of the Dominican Republic, he splits his time between his homes in Bass Harbor, Maine and Miami, Florida.

Editorial Reviews

"D.H. Figueredo stays remarkably true to a child's perspective; the author's voice is as fresh and pure as a first snowfall. Danilito's fears about facing new experiences are realistic, as is his genuine excitement about snow. The soft edges of Enrique O. Sanchez's muted illustrations perfectly complement the bittersweet tone of the story." — Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

"True to the child's viewpoint, this picture book tells an elemental immigration story that is candid about both the hardship and the hope... Sanchez's tender acrylic illustrations show the child's feelings of fear and wonder as well as the adults' tension. The picture's show what the title says about the sense of discovery in a new home." — Booklist

In his first picture book, Figueredo offers a boy's first-person account of his Spanish-speaking family's arrival in the United States from "an island on an ocean that was warm and far away."... Even when set in the intimidating city, the illustrations in gentle tones of reds and blues create the feeling that the boy's transition to a new life and culture will be a smooth one. — Publishers Weekly

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