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| Title Statement | Digging for words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the library he built / written by Angela Burke Kunkel ; illustrated by Paola Escobar. |
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| Author | Kunkel, Angela Burke |
| Additional Contributors | Escobar, Paola |
| Publication | New York: Schwartz & Wade Books,[2020]©2020 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Extent of Item | 1 volume (unpaged) |
| ISBN | 9781984892638 1984892630 |
| Other Number | 3860023 |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses. |
| Summary | In Bogotá, Colombia, young José eagerly anticipates Saturday, when he can visit the library started by José Alberto Gutiérrez, a garbage collector, and take a book home to enjoy all week. Includes note about Gutiérrez's life and Bogotá. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Books and reading--Juvenile fiction |
| Libraries--Juvenile fiction | |
| Sanitation workers--Juvenile fiction--Colombia--Bogotá | |
| By Name | Gutiérrez, José Alberto |
| By Location | Bogotá (Colombia)--Juvenile fiction |
| By Genre | Biographical fiction |
