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    All the Way to Havana
    All the Way to Havana
    All the Way to Havana
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    All the Way to Havana

    By Margarita Engle and Mike Curato

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    So we purr, cara cara, and we glide, taka taka, and we zoom, zoom, ZOOM!
    Together, a boy and his parents drive to the city of Havana, Cuba, in their old family car. Along the way, they experience the sights and sounds of the streets—neighbors talking, musicians performing, and beautiful, colorful cars putt-putting and bumpety-bumping along. In the end, though, it’s their old car, Cara Cara, that the boy loves best. A joyful celebration of the Cuban people and their resourceful innovation.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateAug 29, 2017
    ISBN9781250184566
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    Margarita Engle

    Margarita Engle is a Cuban American poet and novelist whose work has been published in many countries. Her many acclaimed books include Silver People, The Lightning Dreamer, The Wild Book, and The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor Book. She is a several-time winner of the Pura Belpré and Américas Awards as well as other prestigious honors. She lives with her husband in Northern California. For more information, visit margaritaengle.com.

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    • 4/5
      This is an interesting look at the classic cars in Havana. Our boy has to help papa fix the old car so they can see the new baby. The story hits on the poverty in Cuba and how inventive people have to be to keep old things running like new. I loved everything about this story, including the editors and illustrators notes at the end.
    • 4/5
      Like many parents of toddlers I get pretty sick of vroomin' stories and so here is a nice one that's really about family and how your old car takes you to the places that matter.
    • 4/5
      Nicely done! I love author/illustrator notes at the end of the book.
    • 4/5
      This new picture-book from Cuban-American poet and children's author Margarita Engle follows the story of one day in the life of a young boy and his family, as they make the trip from their home in the country to big city Havana for an important celebration. Forced by circumstance - namely, the U.S. embargo against trade with Cuba that has been in place since the late 1950s - to improvise, the young narrator's family continues to use the same automobile that belonged to the boy's great-grandfather, making stop-gap repairs and replacements, as needed. On the drive into the city, the boy sees many other vintage cars that have been likewise adapted, but none appeal to him as his own family's vehicle - nicknamed Cara Cara for the sounds it makes - does...Envisioned by the author as a tribute to the ingenuity and perseverance of the Cuban people, in the face of the poverty and scarcity that are the result of the embargo, All the Way to Havana is an engaging book, one which pairs an evocative narrative from Engle with lovely artwork from illustrator Mike Curato. The illustrations, created in mixed media, are a bit of a departure for Curato, after his Little Elliot books, and are apparently the product of a trip that the artist took to Cuba, in which he stayed with the author's cousins. Colorful, full of motion and energy, the visuals here are a perfect complement to the text. Although not generally a car lover, I was fascinated by the idea of a society in which vehicles from half a century before are still in common use, and was moved by the themes of creativity and love of family highlighted in the story. Recommended to anyone looking for children's stories featuring Cuba, the embargo on Cuba, or the experiences of impoverished people in general.

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