I really loved the illustrations in this one! They are very bright and stylized. They seem to fit perfectly with illustrating New York. The story was also very unique, another one based on a true event, where a boy's family saves up for him to leave Russia to study singing opera in Italy. The boy takes the wrong boat and ends up in New York instead, but by following his passion of singing as he makes hats, he is still able to meet someone that can teach him opera and ends up finding big success. In the end, as he is older, he is able to bring his family over and they live together with him and his new wife. ( )

Great illustrations and immigrant story. My kids were amused / annoyed at my insistence upon singing through parts of it. ( )

The world is fortunate to have family stories like this one published for all to read. ( )