![]() ![]() Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. By Pat Mora Illustrated By Raúl Colón Added December 6, 2018. Raul Colón''s warm, expressive paintings perfectly interweave the harsh realities of Tomás''s life, the joyful imaginings he finds in books, and his special relationships with a wise grandfather and a caring librarian. Home / Books / Tomás and the Library Lady. The very next day, Tomás meets the library lady and a whole new world opens up for him.īased on the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tomás Rivera, a child of migrant workers who went on to become the first minority Chancellor in the University of California system, this inspirational story suggests what libraries-and education-can make possible. "There are more stories in the library," Papa Grande tells him. But before long, Tomás knows all the stories by heart. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather''s wonderful stories. ![]() A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team ![]()
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