Courtney's Reviews > All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel

"All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel" was written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino and published in 2011. This book tells the story of Mikel who immigrated from Sorrento Italy and the generations who came after him. There is a big emphasis on family, food, and hard work, they repeat “work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family” the original advice given when Mikel immigrated at the start of the book. This book would be a good read-aloud for younger aged studs, preschool and kindergarten. I would use this book as one to talk about family, traditions/to have students learn more about their own family tree/line.

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