Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories

Annette Bay Pimentel
(Juvenile Nonfiction - J 921 Belpre Pim)

Pura Belpré was a trailblazer among librarians. This picture book documents her challenging the status quo of what kinds of stories can be told to children. Since the stories she listened to growing up in Puerto Rico weren’t in books, she wrote and published her own books! Recommended for ages 4–8.


Pura Belpré Award Winners

  • Viva Frida


  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat


  • Juana & Lucas


  • The Life of Pura


  • La Princesa and the Pea


  • The Storyteller’s Candle


  • The Life of Pura


  • Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré


  • Juana & Lucas


  • Where Wonder Grows


  • Drum Dream Girl


  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat


  • La Princesa and the Pea


  • Frizzy


  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge


  • The Last Cuentista


  • Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories


  • Sal and Gabi Break the Universe


  • Sal and Gabi Break the Universe


  • Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories


  • Drum Dream Girl


  • The Storyteller’s Candle


  • Efrén Divided


  • Dreamers


  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge


  • Viva Frida


  • Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré


  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir


  • Where Wonder Grows


  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir


  • Dancing Hands


  • Lucky Broken Girl


  • Lucky Broken Girl


  • Dreamers


  • Dancing Hands


  • The Last Cuentista


  • Frizzy


  • Efrén Divided