Storyteller Pura Belpre

What 3 languages did Pura Belpre speak? (choose 3)

• German

• English

• Spanish

• French

Where was Pura Belpre from?

• Germany

• United States

• Puerto Rico

• Italy

Her first job in the United States was in a...

• law office

• garment factory

• children's zoo

Belpre's first LIBRARY job was...

• a bilingual assistant

• book shelver

• greeter

Pura Belpre wanted to...(select all that apply)

• share stories about her own culture

• plant story seeds across the land

• help Hispanic children have books with characters that looked like them

• share folktales in English and Spanish

Pura's husband was a

• racecar driver

• musician

• storyteller

• businessman

When she realized there were no Spanish books in the library, she...

• cried and went home

• wrote her own stories

• told her boss

The Pura Belpre Award is given each year to...

• New York writers

• outstanding Latina and Latino authors and illustrators

• writers who live in Puerto Rico