Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise illustrated by Paola Escobar

A sweet biography about a woman, Pura Belpre, who comes from Puerto Rico to New York City.  When she begins to work at the library, she realizes that folktales from Puerto Rico are not in the collection.  So begins to bring share those stories with children and their parents with homemade puppets. Eventually she has these stories published by Frederick Warne (!).
Spanish words intermingle with the English words, which is fitting. 
The Author's Note section offers more interesting information about this amazing woman.
-Borrowed from the library.