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González, Lucía

The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos

32 pp. | Children's | April, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-89239-222-3 $16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lulu Delacre. A fictional girl introduces readers to the very real Pura Belpré, pioneer of services to Spanish-speakers at the New York Public Library in the 1930s. Like Belpré's story hours, the text is in both English and Spanish; the story has a worthy subject, but the telling is labored. Gently lined paintings bring tropical color to the frosty New York streets. Glos.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton

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