This poster by Lorenzo Homar is the only one by the DIVEDCO that was specifically designed to promote one of the Libros para el pueblo [Books for the People], a collection of more than 40 educational booklets that were distributed free-of-charge throughout the island over a 30-year period beginning in 1949. Several examples of these booklets, including the title announced here, are included in this exhibit. The text at the bottom of Homar’s poster – “Distributed by volunteers of this neighborhood. One for each family” – highlights the DIVEDCO’s well-organized efforts to promote literacy among Puerto Rico’s rural population by bringing books directly to the people. The illustration, which replicates a woodcut used in the story “Felo tenía un amuleto” [Felo Had an Amulet], depicts a group of men trying to convince Felo that the “lucky” rabbit foot that he carries in his pocket will not protect him from a dangerous adventure that he has been dared to undertake. In the end, Felo’s headstrong reliance on the protective powers of his lucky charm leads to his death. The five stories in the collection are not particularly scary, as the ambiguous title seems to suggest. Instead, they all reflect a theme that was repeated in many DIVEDCO films and texts: that the rural population’s fear of change and the unknown had led to pervasive local superstitions that were major impediments to the nation’s progress.