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The storyteller's candle
By Delacre, Lulu
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-89239-222-3
- Publisher
- San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press, c2008.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2008
Gr 1-4 Two Pura Belpré Honor Award winners have created a moving portrait of New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, a woman whose work has inspired generations of young people in the communities she served. It's 1929, and Hildamar, who arrived in northern Manhattan only a few months before, misses the warmth and holiday celebrations of Puerto Rico. At school, she meets Pura Belpré, who tells her class stories in Spanish and English, explains that the library belongs to everyone, and invites them to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
A fictional girl introduces readers to the very real Pura Belpré, pioneer of services to Spanish-speakers at the New Yo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
