Pura Belpré Award
Recipients

Pura Belpré Award

Section Title: Recipients
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Year	Work	Recipient	Title	Citation

2019	author	Elizabeth Acevedo	The Poet X	Winner

2019	author	David Bowles	They Call Me Güero	Honor

2019	illustrator	Yuyi Morales	Dreamers / Soñadores	Winner

2019	illustrator	José Ramírez	When Angels Sing	Honor

2019	illustrator	Leo Espinosa	Island Born	Honor

2018	author	Ruth Behar	Lucky Broken Girl	Winner

2018	author	Pablo Cartaya	The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora	Honor

2018	author	Celia C. Perez	The First Rule of Punk	Honor

2018	illustrator	Juana Martinez-Neal	La Princesa and the Pea	Winner

2018	illustrator	Adriana M. Garcia	All Around Us	Honor

2018	illustrator	John Parra	Frida Kahlo And Her Animalitos	Honor

2017	author	Juana Medina	Juana & Lucas	Winner

2017	author	Alexandra Diaz	The Only Road	Honor

2017	illustrator	Raúl González	Lowriders to the Center of the Earth	Winner

2017	illustrator	Duncan Tonatiuh	Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist	Honor

2017	illustrator	Duncan Tonatiuh	The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes	Honor

2016	author	Margarita Engle	Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir	Winner

2016	author	David Bowles	The Smoking Mirror	Honor

2016	author	Meg Medina	Mango, Abuela, and Me	Honor

2016	illustrator	Rafael López	The Drum Dream Girl	Winner

2016	illustrator	Antonio Castro L.	My Tata’s Remedies = Los remedios de mi tata	Honor

2016	illustrator	Angela Dominguez	Mango, Abuela, and Me	Honor

2016	illustrator	Duncan Tonatiuh	Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras	Honor

2015	author	Marjorie Agosín	I Lived on Butterfly Hill	Winner

2015	author	Juan Felipe Herrera	Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes	Honor

2015	illustrator	Yuyi Morales	Viva Frida	Winner

2015	illustrator	Susan Guevara	Little Roja Riding Hood	Honor

2015	illustrator	John Parra	Green Is a Chile Pepper	Honor

2015	illustrator	Duncan Tonatiuh	Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation	Honor

2014	author	Meg Medina	Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass	Winner

2014	author	Margarita Engle	The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist	Honor

2014	author	Matt de la Peña	The Living	Honor

2014	author	Duncan Tonatiuh	Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale	Honor

2014	illustrator	Yuyi Morales	Niño Wrestles the World	Winner

2014	illustrator	Angela Dominguez	Maria Had a Little Llama/María Tenía una Llamita	Honor

2014	illustrator	Rafael López	Tito Puente: Mambo King/Rey del Mambo	Honor

2014	illustrator	Duncan Tonatiuh	Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A MIgrant's Tale	Honor

2013	author	Benjamin Alire Sáenz	Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe	Winner

2013	author	Sonia Manzano	The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano	Honor

2013	illustrator	David Diaz	Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert	Winner

2012	author	Guadalupe Garcia McCall	Under the Mesquite	Winner

2012	author	Margarita Engle	Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck	Honor

2012	author	Xavier Garza	Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller	Honor

2012	illustrator	Duncan Tonatiuh	Diego Rivera: His World and Ours	Winner

2012	illustrator	Rafael López	The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred	Honor

2012	illustrator	Sara Palacios	Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match / Marisol McDonald no combina	Honor

2011	author	Pam Muñoz Ryan	The Dreamer	Winner

2011	author	George Ancona	¡Ole! Flamenco	Honor

2011	author	Margarita Engle	The Firefly: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba	Honor

2011	author	Enrique Flores-Galbis	90 Miles to Havana	Honor

2011	illustrator	Eric Velasquez	Grandma's Gift	Winner

2011	illustrator	Amy Córdova	Fiesta Babies	Honor

2011	illustrator	David Diaz	Me, Frida	Honor

2011	illustrator	Duncan Tonatiuh	Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin	Honor

2010	author	Julia Alvarez	Return to Sender	Winner

2010	author	Carmen T. Bernier-Grand	Diego: Bigger Than Life	Honor

2010	author	Georgina Lazaro	Federico García Lorca	Honor

2010	illustrator	Rafael López	Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros	Winner

2010	illustrator	David Diaz	Diego: Bigger Than Life	Honor

2010	illustrator	Yuyi Morales	My Abuelita	Honor

2010	illustrator	John Parra	Gracias • Thanks	Honor

2009	author	Margarita Engle	The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom	Winner

2009	author	Yuyi Morales	Just In Case	Honor

2009	author	Francisco Jiménez	Reaching Out	Honor

2009	author	Lucía González	The Storyteller's Candle	Honor

2009	illustrator	Yuyi Morales	Just In Case	Winner

2009	illustrator	Rudy Gutierrez	Papá and Me	Honor

2009	illustrator	Lulu Delacre	The Storyteller's Candle	Honor

2009	illustrator	Amy Córdova	What Can You Do With a Rebozo	Honor

2008	author	Margarita Engle	The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano	Winner

2008	author	Carmen T. Bernier-Grand	Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life!	Honor

2008	author	Carmen Agra Deedy	Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale	Honor

2008	author	Marisa Montes	Los Gatos Black on Halloween	Honor

2008	illustrator	Yuyi Morales	Los Gatos Black on Halloween	Winner

2008	illustrator	Raúl Colón	Me llamo Gabito: la vida de Gabriel García Márquez	Honor

2008	illustrator	Maya Christina Gonzalez	Mis colores, mi mundo	Honor

2006	author	Viola Canales	The Tequila Worm	Winner

2006	author	Carmen T. Bernier-Grand	César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!	Honor

2006	author	Pat Mora	Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart	Honor

2006	author	Pam Muñoz Ryan	Becoming Naomi León	Honor

2006	illustrator	Raúl Colón	Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart	Winner

2006	illustrator	Lulu Delacre	Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games	Honor

2006	illustrator	David Diaz	César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!	Honor

2006	illustrator	Rafael López	Me Llamo Celia: La Vida de Celia Cruz	Honor

2004	author	Julia Alvarez	Before We Were Free	Winner

2004	author	Nancy Osa	Cuba 15	Honor

2004	author	Amada Irma Pérez	Mi Diario de Aquí Hasta Allá	Honor

2004	illustrator	Yuyi Morales	Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book	Winner

2004	illustrator	Robert Casilla	First Day in Grapes	Honor

2004	illustrator	David Diaz	The Pot That Juan Built	Honor

2004	illustrator	Yuyi Morales	Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez	Honor

2002	author	Pam Muñoz Ryan	Esperanza Rising	Winner

2002	author	Francisco Jiménez	Breaking Through	Honor

2002	author	Francisco X. Alarcón	Iguanas in the Snow	Honor

2002	illustrator	Susan Guevara	Chato and the Party Animals	Winner

2002	illustrator	Joe Cepeda	Juan Bobo Goes to Work	Honor

2000	author	Alma Flor Ada	Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba	Winner

2000	author	Francisco X. Alarcón	Del Ombligo de la Luna y Otro Poemas de Verano	Honor

2000	author	Juan Felipe Herrera	Laughing out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish	Honor

2000	illustrator	Carmen Lomas Garza	Magic Windows	Winner

2000	illustrator	George Ancona	Barrio: José's Neighborhood	Honor

2000	illustrator	Felipe Dávalos	The Secret Stars	Honor

2000	illustrator	Amelia Lau Carling	Mama & Papa Have a Store	Honor

1998	author	Victor Martinez	Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida	Winner

1998	author	Francisco X. Alarcón	Jitomates Risueños y otros poemas de primavera	Honor

1998	author	Floyd Martinez	Spirits of the High Mesa	Honor

1998	illustrator	Stephanie Garcia	Snapshots from the Wedding	Winner

1998	illustrator	Carmen Lomas Garza	En mi familia	Honor

1998	illustrator	Enrique O. Sánchez	The Golden Flower: a Taino Myth from Puerto Rico	Honor

1998	illustrator	Simón Silva	Gathering the Sun: an Alphabet in Spanish and English	Honor

1996	author	Judith Ortiz Cofer	An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio	Winner

1996	author	Lucia M. Gonzalez	El Gallo de Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale	Honor

1996	author	Gary Soto	Baseball in April, and Other Stories	Honor

1996	illustrator	Susan Guevara	Chato's Kitchen	Winner

1996	illustrator	George Ancona	Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead	Honor

1996	illustrator	Lulu Delacre	El Gallo de Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale	Honor

1996	illustrator	Carmen Lomas Garza	Cuadros de Familia	Honor

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