Pura Belpre Medal Winners for Illustration
“The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian from the New York Public Library. As a children’s librarian, storyteller, and author, she enriched the lives of Puerto Rican children in the U.S.A. through her pioneering work of preserving and disseminating Puerto Rican folklore.”
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| 2008 | Marisa Montes (Holt), author | Los Gatos Black on Halloween
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Yuyi Morales, illustrator |
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2006 |
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Pat Mora, author |
Dona Flor
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Raul Colon, illustrator |
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2004 |
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Yuyi Morales |
Just a Minute
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2002 |
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Gary Soto, author |
Chato and the Party Animals
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Susan Guevara, illustrator |
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2000 |
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Carmen Lomas Garza |
Magic Windows
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1998 |
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Gary Soto, author |
Snapshots from the Wedding
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Stephanie Garcia, illustrator |
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1996 |
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Gary Soto, author |
Chato’s Kitchen
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Susan Guevara |
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