She does it in a way that doesn’t distract readers by leaving them wondering what the words mean.
The author, Monica Brown, gently sprinkles Spanish words throughout the story. Then he packs up and heads for other places and other children who are anxiously waiting for his return. When he does come back, the librarian reads her book to the children. She reads every day while she waits and, to pass the time, she writes a book for the librarian. It feels to Ana like the librarian will never come back. Then he tells them they can pick out books to keep until he comes back in a few weeks. The man reads a story to the village children and helps the littlest ones learn the abecedario. One day, a man comes to the village riding on a burro and leading another.īoth 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. 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.
When it’s hot outside, she wishes she were back inside the cool house reading and rereading the one book she owns. There is a little girl named Ana, fast asleep,Īna has to help her father and mother with the farm work. In the house, there is a bed and on the bed On a hill behind a tree, there is a house.
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