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Tag: Pura Belpre
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Perez and Martina by Pura Belpre, ill. Carlos Sanchez
"Folktales! They don't end the way you expect 'em to . . . if they're authentic." We might have quite a debate over what the oldest #ownvoices picture book published in America is, that is arguably famous to this day, and that also is written by someone who wasn't white and European. My vote goes to today's book circa 1932.
Fusenews: “You have no power over me”
Fast fast, like lightning, fast! It’s a Fusenews round-up of epic quickie proportions! First up, my buddy Warren Truitt used to work with me in the Central Children’s Room of New York Public Library. Then he moved to Alabama. He’s kept busy, since that time with a long-term personal project. This one man machine […]
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