What would America look like if almost every tradition were brand new? For eight-year-old Luli, arriving in the United States from Cuba means discovering a world filled with unfamiliar routines, foods, holidays, seasons and customs. In Lourdes Fasani’s books Luli’s First Autumn, Luli’s First Thanksgiving, Luli’s Cafeteria Lunch, Luli’s Sad Farewell and Luli’s First Snowfall, … Read more

Homesickness can be hard for adults to explain and even harder for children to understand. It is not always just missing a place. Sometimes, it is missing the smell of familiar food, the sound of a loved one’s voice, the way school used to feel or traditions that once seemed completely ordinary. Lourdes Fasani captures … Read more

For a child who moves to a new country, “home” can become a complicated word. Is home the place you left behind, filled with familiar foods, family traditions and people you love? Or is it the new place where you go to school, make friends, celebrate new holidays and slowly begin to feel comfortable? In … Read more

Imagine being eight years old and walking into a classroom where almost everything feels unfamiliar. The language is different. The routines are different. Even lunch is different. That is the world readers enter in Lourdes Fasani’s Luli books: Luli’s First Autumn, Luli’s First Thanksgiving, Luli’s Cafeteria Lunch, Luli’s Sad Farewell and Luli’s First Snowfall. Together, … Read more