num_pages: 32
description: Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpr the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.When she came to America in 1921 Pura 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 stories into libros and spread story seeds across the land. Today these seeds have grown into a lush landscape as generations of children and cuentistas continue to share her stories and celebrate Puras legacy.This portrait of the influential librarian author and puppeteer reminds us of the power of storytelling and the extraordinary woman who opened doors and championed bilingual literature.
language: English
title: Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
publisher: HarperCollins