Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré Format:Hardcover If this year’s ExcelsiCon isn’t

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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré Format:Hardcover If this year’s ExcelsiCon isn’tA gorgeous and lyrical picture book biography of Pura Belpr, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. 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 lush landscape as generations of