Sembrando historias: Pura Belpré: bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos i am who i am and with a bump he

and with a bump he lands on the ground

and the new

The new girl

Nil finds one in his house and seeks at all costs to have a pet that lives there

not even his cat can escape a good handful of paint

Sembrando historias: Pura Belpré: bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos i am who i am and with a bump heWhen 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 children and storytellers continue to share her tales and celebrate Puras legacy.