New Puerto Rican Children's Books in UPRH Library

As the chair of this committee for several years, I have been blessed with the support of excellent colleagues from my department as well as from those that are part of the Library faculty.  The success obtained by this committee has been because the committee members Dr. Aida Cáceres as well as Prof. Artemio Peñalbert have always been there supporting the goals set each year and providing excellent suggestions when activities are planned.

The professors from ADCO (Administración de Colecciones) have also played an important role in the achievement of each goal set by this committee.  Prof. José Figueroa, Prof. Sergio Rodríguez  and Prof. Carlos Velázquez have provided the support needed by meeting on a regular basis with the committee and  giving feedback in the projects organized. They also have played an important role in the creation of this blog when Prof. Rodríguez suggested this option, instead of the newsletter which was the original plan.

This week I met with Prof. Carlos Velázquez who shared the great news that the library would now have more books related to Puerto Rican Children's Literature in English.  Recently Prof. Velázquez as well as Ms. Marisol García Barrios went to the Library System of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus where they received the donation of approximately 300 books.  Prof. Velázquez remembered my interest in Caribbean Children's Literature and that I usually teach Children's Literature to Teacher Candidates of our English BA Program.  He looked for those children books written in English by Puerto Rican writers to add to our library collection.

Some of the books that Colección Puertorriqueña will now have are the following:

•  Quiero una  Noche Azul/ I want a blue night Magaly Quiñones
• El Cumpleaños de Baldomero/ Baldomero Birthday Party by Isabel M. Febles Iguina
• Laura y su Caja de Sorpresas/ Laura and her Box of Surprises by Nelbaliz Díaz Del Valle
• El Principe que no Quería ser Principe/ The Prince who did not want to be a Prince by Ángeles Molina Iturrondo
• The Three Wise Men (on Horseback) by Carmen L. Rivera-Lassen and Victor Maldonado Dávila
• The Wise Men Come at Night by Manuel Fernandez Juncos
• The Three Wise Crabs by José Agosto Rosario

The Library Committee of the English Department is grateful to the collaboration of ADCO faculty in the acquisition of these books for the collection of Caribbean Children's Literature.  We especially wish to thank Prof. Velázquez and Ms. Marisol Garcia Barrios for taking the time in going to Río Piedras and bringing so many books that will enrich the knowledge of students, university community and all those that visit the library.

This is truly the best way to celebrate Library Lover Month!