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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¡Vamos! Vamos a comer (¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat, Spanish Edition)by Raúl the ThirdPaperback Books
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¡Vamos! Vamos al mercado (¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market, Spanish Edition)by Raúl the ThirdPaperback Books
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¡Vamos! Vamos a cruzar el puente (¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge, Spanish Edition)by Raúl the ThirdPaperback Books
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Alebrijes (Spanish Edition)by Donna Barba HigueraPaperback Books
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La Niña que Soñaba con Tambores: De cómo el valor de una niña cambió la música (Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music, Spanish edition)by Margarita EnglePaperback Books
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Te recuerdo (Remembering, Spanish Edition)by Xelena GonzálezPaperback Books
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Aniana del Mar Jumps Inby Jasminne MendezPaperback Books
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Guía para lesbianas en un colegio católico (The Lesbiana's Guide To Catholic School, Spanish Edition)by Sonora ReyesPaperback Books
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Benita y las criaturas nocturnas (Benita and the Night Creatures, Spanish Edition)by 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, Spanish Edition)by Jesús TrejoHardcover Books
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