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Pérez and Martina: A Puerto Rican Folktale by Pura Belpré, Carlos Sánchez

shighley's review

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4.0

I can't remember where I saw the recommendation for this, but I'm glad I read it. I'm not sure that I had read a book by Pura Belpre' before. This was a little jarring in that the illustrations for some of the text came after a description; they were rarely opposite. Today's kids might snicker at the name of one of the characters, and I was surprised by the end. It's interesting to see how illustrations and books have changed since this was written in 1932.
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