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Pura Belpré Quotes

1899–1982 Puerto Rico

Pura Belpré (February 2, 1899 – July 1, 1982) was the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City, as well as a writer, collector of folktales, and puppeteer.

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Nothing remains static in New York City.

To appreciate the present, one must have a knowledge of the past…to know where we go, we must know from where we came…

Puerto Rico is a beautiful island, with a culture enriched by old, old stories gained from many people. Traces of this culture are everywhere. And there are still many more story seeds waiting to be planted.

This paper should be filled with statistics, but no statistic can show the joy of a child who runs around the room to tell his friends, "She speaks Spanish. She can help you with your books."

I searched for some of the folktales I had heard at home. There was not even one. A sudden feeling of loss rose within me.

[S]torytelling is a living art, and each teller embellishes, polishes and recreates as she goes along without losing the thematic value.

A bilingual child is often considered a reluctant reader mainly because he is just beginning to learn English as a second language. Here the problem is mainly the lack of understanding on the teacher's part.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pura Belpré (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.