When This World Was New
Illustrator
Enrique O Sanchez
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Publication Year
1999
ISBN
9781880000861
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When his father leads him on a magical trip of discovery through new fallen snow, a young boy who emigrated from his warm island home overcomes fears about living in New York.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
AD600L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Language barrier; Immigrants and refugees; communication barrier; learning a new language; immigrant family; immigrant children; immigrant parents
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Latinx
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 13th Edition, 2002 Hispanic American Voices and Experiences
Best Childern's Book of the Year, 2008 Ages 5 to 9
Best Children's Book of the Year, 2000 Five to Nine Today
Best Children's Book of the Year: New Beginnings: Life in a New Land, 2008 Ages 5 to 9
Growing up Latino in the USA, 2004
Images of Community: Selected Books for Children and Young Adult, 2011 Reaching Out: Finding and Creating Commuinty (Picture Books)
Keywords
Caribbean; New York; plane; jet; snow; fear; Spanish; reunion; new life; English; footprints
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Figueredo, D. H., "When This World Was New" (1999). Diverse Families. 1761.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1761