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40 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| January, 2019
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Trade
ISBN 978-0-06-274868-3
$17.99
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Spanish
ISBN 978-1-4002-1264-4
$17.99
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2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Paola Escobar.
As a bilingual assistant at Nueva York's public library in 1921, Pura Belpré retells the folk stories of her native Puerto Rico at storytimes and eventually writes them down for publication. Descriptive language moves between English and Spanish seamlessly. Both text and expressive, warm illustrations carry the metaphor of planting seeds, so that readers see the seeds of Belpré's stories bloom as the biographical details unfold. Also available in Spanish. Reading list. Bib.