Rescatando palabras (Digging for Words) by Angela Burke Kunkel - ISBN: 9780593181706
Hardcover
Trash becomes treasure: a garbage collector’s book legacy inspires children.

Rescatando palabras (Digging for Words)

José Alberto Gutiérrez y la Biblioteca Que Creó

$39.24

  • Hardcover

    40 pages

  • Release Date

    8 December 2020

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Summary

A gorgeous and inspiring picture book based on the life of Jose Alberto Gutierrez, a garbage collector in Bogota, Colombia who started a library with a single discarded book found on his route.

In the city of Bogota, in the La Nueva Gloria neighborhood, live two Joses. One is a boy who dreams of Saturdays, the day when he and other children from the neighborhood visit El Paraiso, the library. The other Jose is a garbage collector. From dusk till dawn, he scans the sidewalks of the str…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593181706
ISBN-10:0593181700
Author:Angela Burke Kunkel
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House USA Children's Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:40
Release Date:8 December 2020
Weight:412g
Dimensions:279mm x 229mm
About The Author

Angela Burke Kunkel

ANGELA BURKE KUNKEL es una bibliotecaria escolar que vive a orillas de Otter Creek, Vermont, con su esposo, dos hijos y dos perros rescatados de un refugio. Rescatando palabras es su primer libro.

PAOLA ESCOBAR creci lejos de las grandes ciudades de Colombia hasta los doce anos, cuando se mud a Bogota. Ha publicado con Ediciones SM Espana, Planeta, Norma y otras editoriales. Paola es la ilustradora de Sembrando historias. Pura Belpre- bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos. Vive en Bogota con su esposo y su perra Flora.

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