Belpré Award

Since 1996, the Pura Belpré Award is presented to Latino/Latina writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.


Author Award Winners
Year Call # Title
2010 J Fic Alvarez Return to Sender
2009 J 811.54 Engle The Surrender Tree
2008 J B Manzano The Poet Slave of Cuba
2006 YA Fic Canales Tequila Worm
2004 YA Fic Alvarez Before We Were Free
2002 J Fic Ryan Esperanza Rising
2000 J B Ada Under the Royal Palms: a Childhood in Cuba (1998)
1998 YA Fic Martinez Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida (1996)
1996 J Fic Ortiz Cofer An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio (1995)

Illustrator Award Winners
Year Call # Title
2010 E Mora Book Fiesta!
2009 E Morales Just in Case
2008 E Montes (Holiday) Los Gatos Black on Halloween (2006)
2006 E Mora Doña Flor (2005)
2004 E Morales Just A Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book (2003)
2002 E Soto Chato and the Party Animals (2000)
2000 J 306.85 Lomas Garza Magic Windows (1999)
1998 E Soto Snapshots From the Wedding (1997)
1996 E Soto Chato’s Kitchen (1995)

Author Honor Books
Year Call # Title
2010 J B Rivera Diego: Bigger Than Life
2009 E Morales Just in Case
2009 J Fic Jiminez Reaching Out
2009 E Gonzalez The Storyteller’s Candle / La Velita de los Cuentos
2008 J 811.54 Bernier-Grand Frida: ¡Viva la Vida! Long Live Life! (2007)
2008 J 398.2097291 Deedy Martina the Beautiful Cockroach (2007)
2008 E Montes (Holiday) Los Gatos Black on Halloween (2006)
2006 J Fic Ryan Becoming Naomi León (2004)
2006 E Mora Doña Flor (2005)
2006 J 468.2421 Bernier-Grand César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! (2004)
2004 YA Fic Osa Cuba 15 (2003)
2004 J 468.6421 Pérez My Diary from Here to There (2002)
2002 J Fic Jiménez Breaking Through (2001)
2002 J 811.54 Alarcón Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems (2001)

Illustrator Honor Books
Year Call # Title
2010 J B Rivera Diego: Bigger Than Life
2009 E Dorros Papá and Me
2009 E Gonzalez The Storyteller’s Candle / La Velita de los Cuentos
2009 J 468.6421 Tafolla What Can You Do With a Rebozo?
2008 J B García Márquez My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez (2007)
2008 E Gonzalez My Colors, My World / Mis Colores, Mi Mundo (2007)
2006 J 468.2421 Bernier-Grand César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, we can! (2004)
2006 J B Cruz My Name is Celia / Me Llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz (2004)
2006 J 398.8 Arrorro Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games (2004)
2004 E Perez First Day in Grapes (2002)
2004 J 738.092 Andrews-Goebel The Pot That Juan Built (2002)
2004 J B Chavez Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez (2003)
2002 J 398.209729 Montes Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale (2000)
 

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Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
January 2010

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