Digging for Words

Name: Digging for Words
Brand: Random House Studio
SKU: 9781984892638-PRUSDTR-US
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José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built

Angela Burke Kunkel (Author) • Paola Escobar (Illustrator) ... more

Edition: US - Hardback

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English • Age 4 - 8

40 pages • 9.31 x 11.31 x 0.37 in

Approx. weight: 0.94 lb

Publication date: 08 Sep,2020

Barcode: 9781984892638 • Random House Studio

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By: Angela Burke Kunkel | Illustrator: Paola Escobar

A gorgeous and inspiring picture book based on the life of José Alberto Gutiérrez, a garbage collector in Bogotá, 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 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.

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.