Tomás And The Library Lady By Pat Mora Summary
Pat Mora’s unique stories connect children to different cultures and languages, thus having the power to inspire them. In Pat Mora’s book Tomás and the Library Lady or Tomás y la señora de la biblioteca (Spanish version) we see how reading opens new worlds and thus enrich a child’s life. The book is about the support a migrant worker family shows to the education of their child, Tomás. Tomás’s Papa Grande encourages him to go to the library to find new stories, since Tomás knows all of his grandfather’s stories. Booklist reveals that the book “is based on an actual migrant worker who became chancellor of a university.” Pat Mora presents topics that affect the Mexican-American population. As claimed by Barbara Freedman, “reading opens doors