Cartwheel to the Moon: My Sicilian Childhood
Emanuel di Pasquale was born in Sicily in 1943 and grew up there. When he was a baby, his father died, and later he had to drop out of school and work in a bakery to help feed his family. At 13 he came to America, where he eventually became a teacher. But he never forgot his homeland, an island with a rugged beauty, rich in history and tradition, family life and festivals. This evocative collection of poems is di Pasquale's tribute to his native country. The author's childhood was a time of wonder and adventure recorded here in brief, stirring images of village life -- waking up at dawn to see a hawk circling the sky, feeling baby crabs scutt…
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Weitere Autoren: Kennedy, X. J. (Solist) / Thompson, K. Dyble (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8126-2679-7
- EAN: 9780812626797
- Produktnummer: 38924391
- Verlag: Cricket Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 64 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B15.4 cm x D1.1 cm 204 g
- Auflage: Ntsc Version
- Gewicht: 204
- Sonstiges: Ab 8 - 12 J.
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