When Pura Belpre came to America in 1921, she carried with her a passion for her homeland's folktales. She became a New York City librarian renowned for her story hours---and continued to share Puerto Rican folktales across the United States by turning them into books.
Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to a library, discussing the parts of a library, who the librarian is, why libraries are important, and more.
When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.