IntroduceyourlittleonestothefirstPuertoRicanlibrarianinNewYorkCity,PuraBelpr矇,inbothEnglishandSpanish!PuraBelpr矇wasbornonFebruary2,1899inCidra,PuertoRico.Agiftedpuppeteerandstoryteller,Belpr矇captivatedmillionsofbilingualreadersacrossNewYorkCity-andworldwide.Herchildren’sbook,PerezyMartina,becamethefirstSpanishlanguagechildren’sbookpublishedbyamainstreamU.S.press.SheleftsuchalastingimpactonthereadingworldandLatinocommunitythatthePuraBelpr矇Awardisnamedinhonorherlegacy.
