Description
A picture book biography of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City
This is the Spanish edition of Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré.
When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular retellings into libros and spread story seeds across the land. Today, these seeds have grown into a lush landscape as generations of children and storytellers continue to share her tales and celebrate Pura’s legacy.
This is the Spanish edition of Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré.
