Angela Burke Kunkel: Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built
Buch
- Illustration: Paola Escobar
- Random House Children's Books, 09/2020
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781984892645
- Bestellnummer: 9727029
- Umfang: 40 Seiten
- Gewicht: 363 g
- Maße: 279 x 234 mm
- Stärke: 10 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 8.9.2020
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
A gorgeous and inspiring picture book based on the life of José Alberto Gutiérrez, a garbage collector in Bogotá, Colombia who started a library with a single discarded book found on his route.In the city of Bogata, in the barrio of La Nueva Gloria, there live two Joses. One is a boy who dreams of Saturdays-- that's the day he gets to visit Paradise, the library. The second Jose is a garbage collector. From dusk until dawn, he scans the sidewalks as he drives, squinting in the dim light, searching household trash for hidden treasure . . . books! Some are stacked in neat piles, as if waiting for José́. Others take a bit more digging. Ever since he found his first book, Anna Karenina, years earlier, he's been collecting books--thick ones and thin ones, worn ones and almost new ones-- to add to the collection in his home. And on Saturdays, kids like little Jose run to the steps of Paradise to discover a world filled with books and wonder.
With an evocative text by a debut author, and rich, stunning illustrations from an up-and-coming Colombian illustrator, here is a celebration of perseverance, community, and the power of books.