Jul 28, 2016
Gloria Fuertes' 99th birthday
This Doodle’s Key Themes
Gloria Fuertes remembered the typewriter she rented at a young age as her “first toy.” It didn’t take long for her to realize she could make its keys sing. That same year, she wrote her first verse.
Her love of narrative informed her life’s work: teaching and entertaining children, first through the printed word and later through stage and television. The result was some of Spain’s most beloved tales for children.
Today's Doodle is inspired by Fuertes’ inspired public readings that brought the magic of her words to life for the kids.
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