Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built

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 José́. 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.

Kunkel, Angela Burke (Author), Escobar, Paola (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1984892630 EAN: 9781984892638
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books 
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: September 08, 2020