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

  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat


  • Juana & Lucas


  • Dreamers


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


  • La Princesa and the Pea


  • Drum Dream Girl


  • The Storyteller’s Candle


  • Dancing Hands


  • Where Wonder Grows


  • La Princesa and the Pea


  • The Storyteller’s Candle


  • Dreamers


  • Efrén Divided


  • Frizzy


  • The Last Cuentista


  • Where Wonder Grows


  • Lucky Broken Girl


  • Lucky Broken Girl


  • Sal and Gabi Break the Universe


  • The Life of Pura


  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge


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


  • Sal and Gabi Break the Universe


  • Viva Frida


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


  • Frizzy


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


  • The Last Cuentista


  • Juana & Lucas


  • Efrén Divided


  • The Life of Pura


  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge


  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir


  • Drum Dream Girl


  • Dancing Hands


  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir


  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat


  • Viva Frida