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The storyteller's candle = La velita de los cuentos Cover Image Book

The storyteller's candle = La velita de los cuentos / story by Lucia Gonzalez ; ilustrations by Lulu Delacre.

Velita de los cuentos (parallel title)
González, Lucía M. (Author). Delacre, Lulu, (illustrator.).

Summary:

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' Day fiesta.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780892392223
  • ISBN: 0892392223
  • Physical Description: 30 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press, [2008]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
730L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.9 0.5 119484. English
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.4 0.5 119484. Spanish
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.9 0.5 119484.

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Subject:
Belpré, Pura > Juvenile fiction.
Belpré, Pura > Novela juvenil.
Librarians > Juvenile fiction.
Libraries > Juvenile fiction.
Libraries and immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
Epiphany > Juvenile fiction.
Spanish language materials > Bilingual > Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Juvenile fiction.
Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Ciudad) > Novela juvenil.
Genre:
Fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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