Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2020
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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
Sponsored by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and REFORMA

- 2,448 Resources including
- 222 Videos
- 197 Book Readings
- 273 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 118 book results



Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Illustrator Honor, 2015)
44 Resources16 Awards

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Illustrator Winner, 2016)
42 Resources12 Awards

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales
(Illustrator Honor, 2004)
39 Resources9 Awards

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
(Illustrator Honor, 2016)
39 Resources17 Awards

My Papi Has a Motorcycle
by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
(Illustrator Honor, 2020)
39 Resources12 Awards



Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Illustrator Winner, 2020)
35 Resources6 Awards

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle and Sean Qualls
(Author Winner, 2008)
34 Resources5 Awards

Los Gatos Black on Halloween
by Marisa Montes and Yuyi Morales
(Author Honor, 2008)
34 Resources6 Awards


Storyteller's Candle, The / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Author Honor, 2009)
33 Resources10 Awards







The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
(Illustrator Honor, 2017)
30 Resources10 Awards


Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales
(Illustrator Winner, 2004)
29 Resources9 Awards



Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
(Author Winner, 2013)
28 Resources12 Awards


Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
by Anika Aldamuy Denise and Paola Escobar
(Author Honor, 2020)
28 Resources11 Awards


Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
(Illustrator Honor, 2012)
27 Resources5 Awards

Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist
by Susan Wood and Duncan Tonatiuh
(Illustrator Honor, 2017)
27 Resources7 Awards

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
by Monica Brown and John Parra
(Illustrator Honor, 2018)
27 Resources5 Awards



My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz / Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz
by Monica Brown and Rafael López
(Illustrator Honor, 2006)
25 Resources2 Awards

Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book
by Yuyi Morales
(Author Honor, 2009)
25 Resources6 Awards




Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
(Author Honor, 2020)
25 Resources10 Awards



The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
by Samantha Vamos and Rafael López
(Illustrator Honor, 2012)
23 Resources4 Awards

Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes
by Juan Felipe Herrera and Raúl Colón
(Author Honor, 2015)
23 Resources3 Awards


The Pot That Juan Built
by Nancy Andrews-Goebel and David Diaz
(Illustrator Honor, 2004)
22 Resources8 Awards

Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, rey del mambo
by Monica Brown and Rafael López
(Illustrator Honor, 2014)
22 Resources4 Awards
