Author (last name first):
Gonzalez, Lucia
Publisher, Date of Publication:
Children's Book Press; Bilingual edition (March 28, 2008)
Grade Level/ or Age Level:
Kindergarten and Up
Classification: Fiction
This story is about shedding the light on one's culture though literature. In this book, a librarian named Pura Belpre brings the magic of literature to the Puerto Rican community living in New York. She enlightens the people by using a candle to symbolize that through literature, dreams are created, imagined, and come true. By Senora Belpre inspiring the community to dream they were able to bring the warmth and beauty of Puerto Rico to New York.
This is a bilingual book. It won the Pura Belpre Honor book, and Jane Addam's children's book award. There is a short biography about Pura Belpre on the last page of the book. The illustrations are great; they are layers of oil washes and paper collage on bristol paper. There are bits of the actual New York Times newspaper throughout the book; it is dated January 6th, 1930. It has information that relates to the story on that specific page of the book. There is a glossary in the back and the words are in Spanish while the definitions is in English.
Reviewed By: Cristen Delgado (Midwestern State University Student in Dr. Linda Prieto's Class)
This story is about shedding the light on one's culture though literature. In this book, a librarian named Pura Belpre brings the magic of literature to the Puerto Rican community living in New York. She enlightens the people by using a candle to symbolize that through literature, dreams are created, imagined, and come true. By Senora Belpre inspiring the community to dream they were able to bring the warmth and beauty of Puerto Rico to New York.
This is a bilingual book. It won the Pura Belpre Honor book, and Jane Addam's children's book award. There is a short biography about Pura Belpre on the last page of the book. The illustrations are great; they are layers of oil washes and paper collage on bristol paper. There are bits of the actual New York Times newspaper throughout the book; it is dated January 6th, 1930. It has information that relates to the story on that specific page of the book. There is a glossary in the back and the words are in Spanish while the definitions is in English.
Reviewed By: Cristen Delgado (Midwestern State University Student in Dr. Linda Prieto's Class)
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