Gabriela Mistral understood the power of words. She worked hard in school and became a teacher and a poet.

Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has read them all. One morning, Ana wakes up to the clip-clop of hooves, and there before her, is the most wonderful sight: a traveling library resting on the backs of two burros-all the books a little girl could dream of, with enough stories to encourage her to create one of her own.

Inspired by the heroic efforts of real-life librarian Luis Soriano, award-winning picture book creators Monica Brown and John Parra introduce readers to the mobile...

A remarkable tale of books and reading, now in a bilingual Spanish-English edition.

On most days, teacher and librarian Luis Soriano Bohorquez packs his two burros, Alfa and Beto, with books and makes his way over mountains and through valleys to visit children in far-flung villages in rural Colombia--all for the sake of literacy and culture. Based on the work of a remarkable man and his intrepid burros, this bilingual English and Spanish edition celebrates the impact that a special mobile library--called the "biblioburro"--has had on the lives of real children.

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In this lively companion to the Pura BelprZDhonored "Green Is a Chile Pepper, " children discover a fiesta of numbers in the world around them, all the way from one to 10. This vibrant book enumerates the joys of counting and the wonders that abound in every child's day. Full color.x 9 7/16.

The inspiring story of Ethel Payne, a groundbreaking African American journalist known as the First Lady of the Black Press.