Digging for words : José Alberto Gutiérrez and the library he built / Angela Burke Kunkel ; illustrated by Paola Escobar.
Record details
- ISBN: 1984892630 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781984892638 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781984892638
- ISBN: 1984892630
- ISBN: 9781984892645
- ISBN: 1984892649
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary, etc.: | In Bogotá, Columbia, young José eagerly anticipates Saturday, when he can visit the library started by José Alberto Gutiérrez, a garbage collector, and take a book home to enjoy all week. Includes note about Gutiérrez's life and Bogotá. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 4-8. Schwartz & Wade Books. Grades K-1. Schwartz & Wade Books. |
Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Nominee, Elementary, 2023. |
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Subject: | Gutiérrez, José Alberto > Juvenile fiction. Gutiérrez, José Alberto > Fiction. Libraries > Fiction. Books and reading > Fiction. Bogotá (Colombia) > Fiction. Colombia > Fiction. |
Genre: | Fiction. Juvenile works. |
Available copies
- 56 of 61 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Milford Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 61 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Milford Public Library | KUNKEL (Text) | 34013152426204 | Juvenile Picture Book | Checked out | 03/23/2024 |
Digging for Words : José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built
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Summary
Digging for Words : José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built
A gorgeous and inspiring picture book based on the life of Jose Alberto Gutierrez, a garbage collector in Bogota, 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 JoseÌ. 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.