MIAMI -- The Miami-Dade School Board has made its final decision on whether to keep a controversial children's travel book about Cuba on the shelves at Miami-Dade County public school libraries.

Wednesday afternoon, the board voted 6-3 to take not only "Vamos A Cuba" off the shelves, but to also remove all the other books in the children's travel series.

Last week, a review committee recommended that the Spanish-language travel book "Vamos a Cuba," translated in English as "A Visit to Cuba," should be allowed in schools. The recommendation came after the book was pulled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary School when a parent who emigrated from Cuba said the book doesn't accurately represent life in the country.

"He finds it very offensive, given his experiences living in Cuba, and so he's asked us to reconsider having it on the shelves in one of our elementary schools," said Joe Garcia, spokesman for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

The book is geared toward second- and third-grade readers, and details the events and institutions in Cuba born under Fidel Castro's regime.

The book contains images of smiling children wearing uniforms of Cuba's communist youth group and a carnival celebrating the Cuban revolution of 1959.

In a letter to the school board, Superintendent Rudy Crew stated that the book paints those events in a benign way.

Either the English- or Spanish-language book has been available at more than 20 schools in the district. The book is part of a 24-book collection. All of the books in the series will be removed from the shelves.