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The Pura Belpré Award Book List

Presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA Affiliate. The awards are given biennially.

Narrative | Illustration

Narrative Award Winners
2006 Tequila Worm Viola Canales (Wendy Lamb Books) Y FIC Can
2004 Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez (Alfred A. Knopf) Y FIC Alv
2002 Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan (Scholastic Press) Y FIC Rya
2000 Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba Alma Flor Ada (Atheneum) J 921 Ad11a
1998 Parrot in the Oven: mi vida Victor Martinez (HarperCollins) Y FIC Mar
1996 An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio Judith Ortiz Cofer (Orchard Books) Y SS Ort

Illustration Award Winners
2004 Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book Yuyi Morales (Chronicle Books) E FIC Mor
2002 Chato and the Party Animals Susan Guevara, text by Gary Soto (Putnam) E FIC Sot
2000 Magic Windows Carmen Lomas Garza (Children's Book Press) J 306.85 Lo SPA ENG
1998 Snapshots from the Wedding Stephanie Garcia, text by Gary Soto (Putnam) E FIC Sot
1996 Chato's Kitchen Susan Guevara, text by Gary Soto (Putnam) E FIC Sot

For more information about this award visit the Pura Belpré Award Web page.

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