Pura Belpré Award Winners
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is 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 award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. As a children's librarian, storyteller, and author, she enriched the lives of Puerto Rican children in the U.S.A. through her pioneering work of preserving and disseminating Puerto Rican folklore.
The selection below includes both Pura Belpré Medal winners and Pura Belpré Honor Books.
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Benita y las criaturas nocturnasby Mariana LlanosPaperback Books
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Benita and the Night Creaturesby Mariana LlanosPaperback Books
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El Barrilito Mágico de Papá (Papá's Magical Water-Jug Clock)by Jesús TrejoHardcover Books
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Papá's Magical Water-Jug Clockby Jesús TrejoHardcover Books
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Aniana del Mar Jumps Inby Jasminne MendezHardcover Books
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Aniana del Mar se avienta (Aniana del Mar Jumps In, Spanish Edition)by Jasminne MendezPaperback Books
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Casi, casi un hogar (Something Like Home, Spanish Edition)by Andrea Beatriz ArangoPaperback Books
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Something Like Homeby Andrea Beatriz ArangoHardcover Books
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Efrén dividido (Efrén Divided, Spanish Edition)by Ernesto CisnerosPaperback Books
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Los sueños descalzos de Petra Luna (Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna, Spanish Edition)by Alda P. DobbsPaperback Books
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