Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura BelpréAn inspiring picture book biography of storyteller, puppeteer, and New York Citys 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

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the silent patient

Book contains 20 black-coated scratch-off pages

friends can become enemies

Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai

a collaborative gem in which the talents and sensibilities of two master storytellers come powerfully—and seamlessly—together

destructive relationships

keep order amidst the chaos

Andrea’s sister

Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown

as well as several other children's and adult trade books

Meg Medina