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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Efrén dividido (Efrén Divided, Spanish Edition)by Ernesto CisnerosPaperback Books
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The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic Schoolby Sonora ReyesPaperback Books
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Drum Dream Girl (First Book Special Edition)by Margarita EnglePaperback Books
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Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezby Anika Aldamuy DeniseHardcover Books
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Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Landby Mirelle OrtegaHardcover Books
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The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Borderby Stephen BriseñoHardcover Books
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Thank You, Neighbor (First Book Special Edition)by Ruth ChanPaperback Books
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A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Paintersby Duncan TonatiuhHardcover Books
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Breathe And Count Back From Tenby Natalia SylvesterHardcover Books
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Tumbos (Tumble, Spanish Edition)by Celia C. PérezPaperback Books
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