Belpre Medal

Established in 1996, the Pura Belpré Award is a biennenial recognition presented to a Latino or Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays the Latino cultural experience in a work of literature for children or youth.

The award is named in honor of 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 Latino children through her pioneering work of preserving and disseminating Puerto Rican folklore. The award is given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA).

List of winners

*2008
**Writing: Margarita Engle, "" (illustrated by Sean Qualls)
**Illustration: Yuyi Morales, "Los Gatos Black on Halloween" (written by Marisa Montes)
*2006
**Writing: Viola Canales, "The Tequila Worm"
**Illustration: Raul Colón, "" (written by Pat Mora)
*2004
**Writing: Julia Alvarez, "Before We Were Free"
**Illustration: Yuyi Morales, ""
*2002
**Writing: Pam Muñoz Ryan, "Esperanza Rising"
**Illustration: Susan Guevara, "Chato and the Party Animals" (written by Gary Soto)
*2000
**Writing: Alma Flor Ada, ""
**Illustration: Carmen Lomas Garza, "Magic Windows"
*1998
**Writing: Victor Martinez, ""
**Illustration: Stephanie Garcia, "Snapshots from the Wedding" (written by Gary Soto)
*1996
**Writing: Judith Ortiz Cofer, ""
**Illustration: Susan Guevara, "Chato's Kitchen" (written by Gary Soto)

Honor books

*2008
**Writing:
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, '
Carmen Agra Deedy, ' (illustrated by Michael Austin)
Marisa Montes, "Los Gatos Black on Halloween" (illustrated by Yuyi Morales)
**Illustration:
Raúl Colón, "" (written by Monica Brown)
Maya Christina Gonzalez, "Mis colores, mi mundo"
*2006
**Writing:
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, ' (illustrated by David Diaz)
Pat Mora, ' (illustrated by Raul Colón)
Pam Muñoz Ryan, "Becoming Naomi León"
**Illustration:
Lulu Delacre, ' (selected by the illustrator)
David Diaz, ' (written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand)
Rafael López, "" (written by Monica Brown)
*2004
**Writing:
Nancy Osa, "Cuba 15"
Amada Irma Pérez, "Mi Diario de Aquí Hasta Allá"
**Illustration:
Robert Casilla, "First Day in Grapes" (written by L. King Pérez)
David Diaz, "The Pot That Juan Built" (written by Nancy Andrews-Goebel)
Yuyi Morales, "" (written by Kathleen Krull)
*2002
**Writing:
Francisco Jiménez, "Breaking Through"
Francisco X. Alarcón, "Iguanas in the Snow" (illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez)
**Illustration:
Joe Cepeda, "Juan Bobo Goes to Work" (retold by Marisa Montes)
*2000
**Writing:
Francisco X. Alarcón, "Del Ombligo de la Luna y Otro Poemas de Verano" (illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez)
Juan Felipe Herrera, "" (illustrated by Karen Barbour)
**Illustration:
George Ancona, ""
Felipe Dávalos, "The Secret Stars" (written by Joseph Slate)
Amelia Lau Carling, "Mama & Papa Have a Store"
*1998
**Writing:
Francisco Alarcón, "Jitomates Risueños y otros poemas de primavera" (illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez)
Floyd Martinez, "Spirits of the High Mesa"
**Illustration:
Carmen Lomas Garza, "En mi familia"
Enrique O Sánchez, ' (written by Nina Jaffe)
Simón Silva, ' (written by Alma Flor Ada; English translation by Rosa Zubizarreta)
*1996
**Writing:
Lucía González, "" (illustrated by Lulu Delacre)
Gary Soto, "Baseball in April, and Other Stories"
**Illustration:
George Ancona, '
Lulu Delacre, ' (retold by Lucía González)
Carmen Lomas Garza, "Cuadros de Familia" (written by Rosalma Zubizaretta)

External links

*http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm