Pura Belpre Award Winners
1996-2021


2021: Efrén divided
by Ernesto Cisneros

Worrying about his undocumented parents, who have worked hard to secure a safe life for their family, a young Mexican American struggles to find his inner courage when his beloved mother is arrested and deported.
2021: Vamos! Let's go eat!
by Raul the Third

A follow-up to Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market finds Little Lobo excitedly attending a show starring his favorite wrestling champion before enjoying some of the delicious options being served from nearby food trucks. By the award-winning illustrator of the Lowriders in Space series.
In this Issue
2011-2020 Award Winners
1996-2010 Award Winners
2011-2020 Award Winners
2020: Dancing hands: how Teresa Carreño played the piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle
2020: Sal & Gabi break the universe by Carlos Alberto Hernandez
2019: The poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
2019: Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
2018: La princesa and the pea by Susan Middleton Elya
2018: Lucky broken girl by Ruth Behar
2017: Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina
2017: Lowriders to the center of the Earth. Book 2 by Cathy Camper
2016: Enchanted air: two cultures, two wings : a memoir by Margarita Engle
2016: Drum dream girl: how one girl's courage changed music by Margarita Engle
2015: I lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
2015: Viva Frida! by Yuyi Morales
2014: Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass by Meg Medina
2014: Niño wrestles the world by Yuyi Morales
2013: Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
2013: Martín de Porres: the rose in the desert by Gary D. Schmidt
2012: Under the mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
2012: Diego Rivera: his world and ours by Duncan Tonatiuh
2011: The dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan
2011: Grandma's gift by Eric Velasquez
 

1996-2010 Award Winners
2010: Return to sender by Julia Alvarez
2010: Book fiesta!: celebrate Children's Day/Book Day = Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros by Pat Mora
2009: The surrender tree: poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom by Margarita Engle
2009: Just in case: a trickster tale and Spanish alphabet book by Yuyi Morales
2008: The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle
2008: Los gatos black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
2006: The tequila worm by Viola Canales
2006: Doña Flor: a tall tale about a giant woman with a great big heart by Pat Mora
2004: Before we were free by Julia Alvarez
2004: Just a minute: a trickster tale and counting book by Yuyi Morales
2002: Esperanza rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
2002: Chato and the party animals by Gary Soto
2000: Under the royal palms: a childhood in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada
2000: Magic windows by Carmen Lomas Garza
1998: Parrot in the oven: mi vida: a novel by Victor Martinez
1998: Snapshots from the wedding by Gary Soto
1996: An island like you : stories of the barrio by Judith Ortiz Cofer
1996: Chato's kitchen by Gary Soto
 


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