![]() ![]() Illustrations with a vintage mid-20th-century feel in palette and style form the backdrop for a lively narrative perfect for reading aloud, which is just as it should be given Pura Belpré’s storytelling gifts. Pérez y Martina is the first of many tales from her homeland written by Pura and published for children everywhere to read and hear, each story a seed she planted that continues to grow and bloom. Pura begins telling them herself in bilingual story times, eventually adding puppets, but she knows books are important too, which is why she begins writing the cuentos down. ![]() Cuentos folklóricos Pura told in the shade of a tamarind tree in Puerto Rico.” Pura gets a job at the New York Public Library, but there are no stories like the ones her abuela taught her on the shelves. When Pura Belpré came from San Juan to Nueva York in 1921, “words traveled with her: stories her abuela taught her. Anika Aldamuy Denise, is the celebrated author of many picture books, including Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré Starring Carmen Lights, Camera, Carmen and Monster Trucks.A tradition she began with her oldest daughterof leaving short poems and love notes for each other to findinspired her book The Love Letter. ![]() ISBN: (978-0-06-274863-3 Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise ![]()
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