Tía Fortuna's new home

Estrella learns about her Cuban and Jewish heritage as she helps her aunt move from her Miami apartment to an assisted living community.

Main Author:	Behar, Ruth, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors:	Holzwarth, Devon (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Congregate housing > Juvenile fiction. Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction. Cuban Americans > Juvenile fiction. Jews > Juvenile fiction. Aunts > Juvenile fiction. Miami (Fla.) > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.

Summary:	Estrella learns about her Cuban and Jewish heritage as she helps her aunt move from her Miami apartment to an assisted living community.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:	9780593172414 0593172418 9780593172421 0593172426
Author Notes:	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.