Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise else homelund minarik Arcotts: Canadian

Arcotts: Canadian

Maps and information about the Hudson River and famous landmarks are included in the back of the book

Stories included in this bind-up collection:

now working full-time with Huw Richards as a co-director for Regenerative Media

Deborah Hopkinson is the author of many award-winning nonfiction books for young readers

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise else homelund minarik Arcotts: CanadianAn 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