Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise workplace "[A] splendid edition

"[A] splendid edition

where he teaches courses on English and European drama from 1500 to the present

--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Families have built retreats since the late 1800s

her green designs are small and portable

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise workplace "[A] splendid editionAn inspiring picture book biography of storyteller, puppeteer, and New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, who championed bilingual literature. When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpr carried the cuentos folklricos 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