Zelle Crawford, an author with family ties to Lisbon, read her book “Bomba Bebe” at a special story time during Lisbon Sauerkraut Days.

Crawford’s grandfather lived in Lisbon, while she was raised in Boston, Mass., and now resides in New York City. Crawford was coming back to promote the book, as well as spend time with her family in Lisbon as part of the Sauerkraut Days festival. Crawford is a child development specialist.

“Bomba Bebe” is a children’s book about Puerto Rico and dancing culture of the island, that is written in both English and Spanish.

During the storytime, Crawford first read the book in English, and then read the same book in Spanish.

As she came across words that were used the first time, Crawford asked those in attendance what a Spanish word she just read might be indicating.

“Bomba Bebe” is now for sale at evolutionforward.org and will officially be published beginning in September. Lisbon Public Library has a copy of the book in their collection for anyone who missed the story time.