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• Tomás and the Library Lady

  Mora, Pat

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  From Bibliocommons: "While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library."

• Planting Stories

  the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre

  Denise, Anika

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  From Bibliocommons: "From the author of Monster Truck and Starring Carmen comes a gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpre, a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world"--

• Abuela's Library

  Norman, Lissette

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  "Nobody loves books more than Abuela. She was a school librarian once. She says books hold this world together and you can never have too many."

• Schomburg

  the Man Who Built a Library

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  From Bibliocommons: "Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Waiting for the Biblioburro

  Esperando El Biblioburro

  Brown, Monica, 1969-

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  The Biblioburro is a different kind of library!

• Digging for Words

  José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built

  Kunkel, Angela Burke

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  From Bibliocommons: "In Bogotá, Columbia, young José eagerly anticipates Saturday, when he can visit the library started by José Alberto Gutiérrez, a garbage collector, and take a book home to enjoy all week. Includes note about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Libraries, Big Heroes

  Paul, Miranda

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  This book was illustrated by John Parra, who has received Pura Belpré honors and a 2023 Américas Award for his work.

• Una biblioteca para Juana

  el mundo de Sor Juana Inés

  Mora, Pat

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  This book, in Spanish, is about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a famous Mexican writer.

• The Storyteller's Candle

  González, Lucía M.

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  From Bibliocommons: "During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpré, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings'…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tomás y la señora de la biblioteca

  Mora, Pat

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• Sembrando historias

  Pura Belpré : bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos

  Denise, Anika

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• Schomburg

  el hombre que creó una biblioteca

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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• Rescatando palabras

  José Alberto Gutiérrez y la biblioteca que creó

  Kunkel, Angela Burke,

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