Inspirada en el bestseller #1 del New York Times Ella persisti / She Persisted de Chelsea Clinton y Alexandra Boiger, llega esta serie en Chapter Books sobre mujeres que sobresalieron, lucharon y se levantaron contra viento y marea, como Pura Belpr . Pura Belpr se mud de Puerto Rico a la ciudad de Nueva York y se hizo bibliotecaria en un momento en que las bibliotecas estaban llenas de s lo libros en ingl s. Pero ella sab a que a las personas hispanohablantes tambi n les encantar a poder ir a las bibliotecas, por lo que persisti en implementar programas y libros biling es en las bibliotecas de toda la ciudad. Ella tambi n escrib a sus propias historias y tradujo cuentos puertorrique os al ingl s para que pudieran llegar a un p blico m s amplio. Pura Belpr cambi la manera en que las bibliotecas se acercaban a los lectores y les dio a las comunidades hispanas de toda la ciudad, y del pa s, la oportunidad de acercarse a los libros y formar ah un tipo de comunidad que nunca antes hab an tenido. En este libro biogr fico escrito por la galardonada autora bestseller Meg Medina, los lectores aprender n sobre la incre ble vida de Pura Belpr y c mo ella persisti . El libro incluye una introducci n de Chelsea Clinton, ilustraciones en blanco y negro y una lista de maneras en que los lectores pueden seguir los pasos de Pura Belpr y as marcar la diferencia Y no te pierdas los dem s libros de la serie She Persisted, con muchas otras mujeres que persistieron, como Coretta Scott King, Harriet Tubman, Sonia Sotomayor, Malala Yousafzai, Diana Taurasi y otras m s ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Pura Belpr
Pura Belpr moved from Puerto Rico to New York City and became a librarian at a time when libraries were filled with only English language books. But she knew that Spanish speakers would love to make use of the libraries too, and so she persisted in implementing bilingual programming and offerings in libraries across the city. She also wrote stories of her own and translated Puerto Rican tales into English to bring them to wider audiences. She changed the way libraries reach readers and gave Spanish speakers across the city and the country the opportunity to read and find community in ways they never had before. In this chapter book biography by bestselling and award-winning author Meg Medina, readers learn about the amazing life of Pura Belpr --and how she persisted. Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can follow in Pura Belpr 's footsteps and make a difference And don't miss out on the rest of the books in the She Persisted series, featuring so many more women who persisted, including Sonia Sotomayor, Diana Taurasi, Malala Yousafzai, and more
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