Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2026
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Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1996 -- portraying, affirming, and celebrating the Latino cultural experience
From Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and REFORMA
- 3,868 Resources including
- 470 Videos
- 311 Book Readings
- 432 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 182 book results
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
(Illustrator Honor, 2016)
50+ Resources20 Awards
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Illustrator Honor, 2015)
45+ Resources16 Awards
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Illustrator Winner, 2016)
45+ Resources14 Awards
My Papi Has a Motorcycle
by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
(Illustrator Honor, 2020)
45+ Resources13 Awards
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
by Gloria Amescua and Duncan Tonatiuh
(Author Honor, 2022)
40+ Resources12 Awards
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
by Pedro Martín
(Author Winner, 2024)
(Illustrator Winner, 2024)
40+ Resources20 Awards
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales
(Illustrator Honor, 2004)
40+ Resources9 Awards
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
(Author Honor, 2020)
40+ Resources11 Awards
The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Author Honor, 2009)
(Illustrator Honor, 2009)
40+ Resources11 Awards
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
by Anika Aldamuy Denise and Paola Escobar
(Author Honor, 2020)
40+ Resources11 Awards
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle and Sean Qualls
(Author Winner, 2008)
35+ Resources5 Awards
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
(Illustrator Honor, 2017)
35+ Resources10 Awards
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
by Monica Brown and John Parra
(Illustrator Honor, 2018)
35+ Resources7 Awards
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Illustrator Winner, 2020)
35+ Resources6 Awards
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
by Marisa Montes and Yuyi Morales
(Author Honor, 2008)
(Illustrator Winner, 2008)
35+ Resources6 Awards
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
(Author Winner, 2013)
35+ Resources14 Awards
Sharuko: El arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello
by Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri
(Illustrator Honor, 2021)
35+ Resources10 Awards
A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters
(Illustrator Honor, 2023)
35+ Resources10 Awards
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
(Author Winner, 2009)
35+ Resources7 Awards
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale
(Author Honor, 2014)
(Illustrator Honor, 2014)
35+ Resources10 Awards
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
(Illustrator Honor, 2012)
30+ Resources6 Awards
Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales
(Illustrator Winner, 2004)
30+ Resources10 Awards
Mango, Abuela, and Me
by Meg Medina and Angela Dominguez
(Author Honor, 2016)
(Illustrator Honor, 2016)
30+ Resources7 Awards
Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist
by Susan Wood and Duncan Tonatiuh
(Illustrator Honor, 2017)
30+ Resources8 Awards
