Al Ritmo de Petra [Spanish]

By Ana Castillo Muñoz

Looking to expand on the biographies of trailblazing women highlighted in ELLAS: historias de mujeres puertorrique? as, Al ritmo de Petra tells the wonderful story of Petra Cepeda; a pioneering force behind the Afro Caribbean bomba and plena music genre in Puerto Rico. Petra was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico to an extremely talented family and she loved to sing and dance. She became an accomplished orator, singer, instrumentalist and bomba and plena dancer, and was tireless in her goal of preserving Afro Caribbean traditions and culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 1737275740
• ISBN13: 9781737275749
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Editorial Destellos
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2