All the Way to Havana

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.

ALSC Notable Book

Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 08/29/2017
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.70h x 11.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781627796422
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 191874 / All the Way to Havana


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2017 pg. 76
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2017
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2017 pg. 108
School Library Journal 06/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 06/12/2017
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2017 pg. 67
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author

Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many verse books, including the Newbery Honor Book The Surrender Tree, the Charlotte Zolotow Award winner Drum Dream Girl, and the Walter Dean Myers Honor Enchanted Air. Her books have also received multiple Pura Belpré and Americas Awards as well as a Jane Addams Award, an International Reading Association Award, and many others.

Mike Curato traveled to Havana to do visual research and bring this story to life. He is the author and illustrator of the Little Elliot series and has illustrated a number of other books for children, including Worm Loves Worm.