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Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has read them all. One morning, Ana wakes up to the clip-clop of hooves, and there before her, is the most wonderful sight: a traveling library resting on the backs of two burros‑all the books a little girl could dream of, with enough stories to encourage her to create one of her own.

Inspired by the heroic efforts of real-life librarian Luis Soriano, award-winning picture book creators Monica Brown and John Parra introduce readers to the mobile library that journeys over mountains and through valleys to bring literacy and culture to rural Colombia, and to the children who wait for the BiblioBurro.

A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book was donated to Luis Soriano's BiblioBurro program.

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Monica Brown

Monica Brown

Peruvian Jewish American
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John Parra

John Parra

American
John Parra is the award-winning illustrator of many books for young readers, including Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown, whi... See more

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Reviews

Plumfield and Paideia

Waiting for the Biblioburro
Reviewed by Diane Pendergraft
Ana has to help her father and mother with the farm work. When it’s hot outside, she wishes she were back inside the cool house reading and rereading the one book she owns. 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. One day, a man comes to the village riding on a burro and leading another. Both 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.

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