PURA BELPRÉ

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

1. In what city of Puerto Rica was Pura Belpré born?

A. Ponce

B. Aguadilla

C. Cidra

2. Belpré was the first Puerto Rican woman to be hired by the New York Public Library System.

True

False

3. What did Belpré pioneer as a librarian during her outreach work?

A. Starting a food pantry

B. Bilingual narration of stories

C. Starting a book club

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