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Schomburg: El hombre que creó una biblioteca

Schomburg: El hombre que creó una biblioteca

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“A must-read for a deeper understanding of a well-connected genius who enriched the cultural road map for African Americans and books about them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Entre los eruditos, poetas, autores y artistas del Renacimiento de Harlem, se alzaba la figura de un afropuertorriqueño llamado Arturo Schomburg. La pasión de su vida era coleccionar libros, cartas, música y arte de África y su diáspora, y dar a conocer al mundo los logros de los descendientes de África. Cuando su colección creció tanto que amenazaba con desbordarse dentro de su casa, recurrió a la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York.   Por medio luminosas pinturas y un texto cautivador, do de los mas destacados expertos afroamericanos de la literatura infantil trazan el trayecto de Arturo Schomburg y su misión para corregir y expandir el registro histórico para futuras generaciones.Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro–Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk’s passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world. In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.

English Translation

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

In a tender celebration of family tradition, a little girl becomes an environmental steward to express her love for all things leafy and green.Eve loves living next to a forest because it means being close to her favorite baobab trees. Doing her best to imitate them, Eve practices patience. She feeds and shelters birds, just as her beloved trees do, stretching toward the sky as if her arms were branches. Eve longs to communicate with the leafy giants she admires, and while she can’t become a tree, she can contribute to the beauty of the forest—just like her dad and grandma before her—by nurturing her very own baobab seedling. Thoughtful text, intimate illustrations, and abundant back matter gently introduce the concept of land stewardship and the joys of giving back. Ken Wilson-Max’s picture book companion to Astro Girl celebrates reciprocity while honoring our connection to our own branching family trees.

Reading Levels

Ages:

  • 8
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Grades:

  • Grade 3
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  • Grade 6-8

Book Details

Vendor: Candlewick Press

Binding: Paperback

Type: Picture Book

Copyright: 2019

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Genre: Biography and Autobiography

Fiction or Non Fiction: Non-Fiction

Subject: Celebrating Diversity

Type of Spanish Book: Transadapted

Pages: 48

Author/Illustrator Details

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford / Eric Velasquez
Author Origin: United States
Illustrator: None
IIlustrator Origin: None

Weight/Dimensions

Dimensions: 11.88 x 9.81 x .16 (Inches)

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