Waiting for the Biblioburro
Author:
Monica Brown
Illustrator:
John Parra
Publication:
2011 by Tricycle Press
Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Picture Books
Pages:
32
Current state:
This book has been evaluated and information added. It has been read and any content considerations have been added.
Book Guide
Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has read them all. One morning, Ana wakes up to the clip-clop of hooves, and there before her, is the most wonderful sight: a traveling library resting on the backs of two burros‑all the books a little girl could dream of, with enough stories to encourage her to create one of her own.
Inspired by the heroic efforts of real-life librarian Luis Soriano, award-winning picture book creators Monica Brown and John Parra introduce readers to the mobile library that journeys over mountains and through valleys to bring literacy and culture to rural Colombia, and to the children who wait for the BiblioBurro.
A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book was donated to Luis Soriano's BiblioBurro program.
From Amazon
To view an example page please sign in.
To view awards and booklists please sign in.
Please sign in to access the type of illustrations and view more books with this type.
Please sign in for audiobook information.
To view translations of this book please sign in.
Content Guide
Please sign in to access all of the topics associated with this book and view other books with the same topics.
Please sign in to access the locations this book takes place in and view other books in the same location.
Please sign in to access the time periods this book takes place in and view other books in the same time period.
For information about the lead characters please sign in.
Please sign in to discover interesting content included in the illustrations of this book.
Reviews
Waiting for the Biblioburro
Reviewed by Diane Pendergraft
Ana has to help her father and mother with the farm work. When it’s hot outside, she wishes she were back inside the cool house reading and rereading the one book she owns. It was a gift from her teacher, but her teacher has moved away and now there isn’t one in Ana’s village at all.
One day, a man comes to the village riding on a burro and leading another.
Both burros are laden with books, and he carries a sign that says, “Biblioburro.” He tells the children he is a librarian, a bibliotecario, and the books on the burros, Alfa and Beto, are his moving library.