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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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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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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Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Landby Mirelle OrtegaHardcover Books
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The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuildingby Karina Nicole GonzálezHardcover Books
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Los coquíes aún cantan: Un cuento sobre hogar, esperanza y reconstrucción (The Coquíes Still Sing, Spanish Edition)by Karina Nicole GonzálezHardcover Books
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Tumbos (Tumble, Spanish Edition)by Celia C. PérezPaperback Books
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