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Planting Stories
by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Illustrator: Paola Escobar
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 978-0-06-274868-3
Keywords: Puerto Rican Women, Librarians, Read Aloud, Diversity
Coming from Puerto Rico, Pura Belpré brought Spanish-language stories to the children at the New York Public Library, beginning with tales from her abuela (grandmother). Warm earth-tone digital illustrations. Available in Spanish.