Pura Belpré Award
This award is presented biennially and honors Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in a children’s book. The award, established in 1996, is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library.
The following list includes the award winners, and their respective call numbers in the Millar Library. The Children’s Literature Award Winners are all shelved together at the beginning of the PZ call number range in the southeast corner of the 5th floor. Titles without call numbers are not currently owned by the Millar Library. Ask for help at the reference desk on the 2nd floor if you need assistance with obtaining a copy from another library.
The list of award winners and their locations in the Millar Library can be retrieved by entering “Pura Belpre Award” as a keyword search in the Vikat online catalog.
2004
Narrative:
Julia Alvarez, Before
We Were Free (PZ7.A48 B44 2002)
Illustration:
Yuyi Morales, Just a minute:
a trickster tale and counting book (PZ8.1.M7955 J87 2003)
2002
Narrative:
Pam Munoz Ryan, Esperanza
Rising (PZ7.R9335 E87 2000)
Illustration:
Susan Guevara, Illustrator. Written by Gary Soto, Chato
and the Party Animals (PZ7.S7242 C48 2000)
2000
Narrative:
Alma Flor Ada, Under the
Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba. (PZ9.5 .A327 A3 1998)
Illustration:
Carmen Lomas Garza, Magic
Windows (PZ9 .L786 M34 1999)
1998
Narrative:
Martinez, Victor, Parrot
in the Oven: mi vida (PZ7 .M36718 P37 1996)
Illustration:
Stephanie Garcia, Illustrator. Written by Gary Soto, Snapshots
from the Wedding (PZ7 .S7242 S63 1997)
1996
Narrative:
Cofer, Judith Ortiz, An
Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio (PZ7.O765 I85 1995)
Illustration:
Guevara, Susan, Illustrator. Written by Gary Soto, Chato's
Kitchen (PZ7.S7242 C4823 1997)
For more information about the award
visit the American Library Association, Association for Library Service
to Children website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm
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Last updated on July 29, 2005