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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

By Anika Aldamuy Denise
Illustrators Illustrated by Paola Escobar Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher HarperCollins Imprint Harper ISBN

9780062748683

Awards and Honors 2020 Orbis Pictus Award Honor
SLJ Best Books - 2019
CPL Best Books - 2019
CSMCL Best Books - 2019
The Nonfiction Detectives Best Nonfiction Books - 2019
Pura Belpré Author Award Honoree - 2020

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

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When Pura Belpré came to America in 1921, she carried with her a passion for her homeland's folktales. She became a New York City librarian renowned for her story hours—and continued to share Puerto Rican folktales across the United States by turning them into books.

Author’s note. Selected bibliography. Further resources. Further reading. Stories by Pura Belpré mentioned in the book. Full-color digital illustrations created in Photoshop.
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