Pura BelpreBorn in Cidra, Puerto Rico, on February 2, 1899, 1901, or 1903 (all three dates have been attributed), Belpré became a pioneering children's librarian in New York City, where she also established a successful career as the author of children's books. In her writing, she often adopted Puerto Rican folk tales to English-language children's books, always highlighting the moralistic values to be learned from t