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Belpré Award - Author

  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

    Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
  • Before We Were Free

    Before We Were Free

    Alvarez, Julia.
  • Esperanza Rising

    Esperanza Rising

    Ryan, Pam Muñoz

    Esperanza thought she'd always be taken care of.

  • Return to Sender

    Return to Sender

    Alvarez, Julia.
  • Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

    Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

    Medina, Meg
  • An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

    An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

    Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-
  • Efrén Divided

    Efrén Divided

    Cisneros, Ernesto

    Efrén Nava’s Amá is his Superwoman - or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares.

  • Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings

    Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings

    Engle, Margarita.
  • Frizzy

    Frizzy

    Ortega, Claribel A.

    Afro-Latina Dominican American tween Marlene is sick of her family hating on her curly hair.

  • I Lived on Butterfly Hill

    I Lived on Butterfly Hill

    Agosin, Marjorie
  • Juana & Lucas

    Juana & Lucas

    Medina, Juana
  • Lucky Broken Girl

    Lucky Broken Girl

    Behar, Ruth
  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

    Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

    Martin, Pedro
  • Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida

    Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida

    Martinez, Victor, 1954-2011.
  • Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

    Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

    Hernandez, Carlos Alberto Pablo

    Sal has the power to reach through space and time and retrieve any object or person. But, what will this power do to the universe?

  • The Dreamer: A Novel

    The Dreamer: A Novel

    Ryan, Pam Munoz.
  • The Last Cuentista

    The Last Cuentista

    Higuera, Donna Barba
  • The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

    The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

    Engle, Margarita.
  • The Poet X

    The Poet X

    Acevedo, Elizabeth,

    The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library.

  • The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

    The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

    Engle, Margarita
  • The tequila worm

    The tequila worm

    Canales, Viola.
  • Under the Mesquite

    Under the Mesquite

    McCall, Guadalupe Garcia.
  • Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba

    Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba

    Ada, Alma Flor.

Belpré Award - Illustrator

  • Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day/Celebremos El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros

    Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day/Celebremos El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros

    Mora, Pat.
  • Chato and the Party Animals

    Chato and the Party Animals

    Soto, Gary.
  • Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book

    Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book

    Morales, Yuyi.
  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween

    Los Gatos Black on Halloween

    Montes, Marisa.
  • Niño Wrestles the World

    Niño Wrestles the World

    Morales, Yuyi
  • Chato's Kitchen

    Chato's Kitchen

    Soto, Gary.
  • Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln

    Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln

    Engle, Margarita
  • Diego Rivera: His World and Ours

    Diego Rivera: His World and Ours

    Tonatiuh, Duncan.
  • Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart

    Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart

    Mora, Pat.
  • Dreamers

    Dreamers

    Morales, Yuyi
  • Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

    Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

    Engle, Margarita
  • Grandma's Gift

    Grandma's Gift

    Velasquez, Eric.
  • Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book

    Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book

    Morales, Yuyi.
  • La Princesa and the Pea

    La Princesa and the Pea

    Elya, Susan Middleton
  • Lowriders to the Center of the Earth

    Lowriders to the Center of the Earth

    Camper, Cathy,
  • Making Magic Windows: Creating Papel Picado/Cut-Paper Art with Carmen Lomas Garza

    Making Magic Windows: Creating Papel Picado/Cut-Paper Art with Carmen Lomas Garza

    Garza, Carmen Lomas.
  • Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

    Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

    Schmidt, Gary D.
  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

    Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

    Martin, Pedro
  • Snapshots from the Wedding

    Snapshots from the Wedding

    Soto, Gary.
  • Viva Frida

    Viva Frida

    Morales, Yuyi
  • Where Wonder Grows

    Where Wonder Grows

    González, Xelena
  • ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge

    ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge

    Raúl the Third
  • ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat!

    ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat!

    Raúl the Third

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