Latino Literacy Now Winners List

-- Críticas, 6/15/2006

The event is co-hosted by the Latino Book & Family Festival, the largest Latino consumer expo in the United States. The organization recently embarked on its tenth year of promoting literacy, culture, and education via popular educational Festivals for the Latino family. Founded in 1997, the Festival’s mission is to reduce illiteracy in the Latino community nationwide, differentiating itself by its core focus to advance the quality of life for Latinos via directed life and literacy education. For more information on the Festival and event dates and locations, please visit www.LBFF.us.

Children and Young Adult Books

Best Educational Children’s Book–English

First: José! Born to Dance, by Susanna Reich (Paula Wiseman Books)
Second: Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates, by Jonah Winter (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Third: Rafi & Rosi, by Lulu Delacre (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Educational Children’s Book–Spanish

First: Cosas de niñas (Girl Stuff), by María Villegas (Villegas Editores )
Second: Canciones de la aurora (Songs of Dawn), by Diego Duey (La Editorial, Universidad de Puerto Rico)

Best Educational Children’s Book–Bilingual

First: Freaky Foods From Around the World, by Ramona Moreno Winner (Brain Storm 3000 )
Second: Let’s Draw Trucks with Shapes, by Joanne Randolph (Rosen Publishing Group)

Best Children’s Picture Book–English

First: The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog, by Gloria Estefan, with illustrations by Michael Garland (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Children’s Picture Book–Spanish

First: Un día de lluvia (A Day of Rain), by Anna Milbourne, with illustrations by Sarah Gill (EDC Publishing)
Second: Pon, pon: ¡A jugar con el bebé! by Josefina Barceló, with illustrations by Mrinali Álvarez Astacio (La Editorial, UPR)

Best Children’s Picture Book–Bilingual

First: I am René, the Boy/Soy René, el niño, by René Colato Lainez, withillustrations by Fabiola Graullera Ramírez (Arte Público Press)
Second: Azucar! by Ivar Da Coll (Lectrom Publications)

Best Young Adult Fiction–English

First: Forest of the Pygmies, by Isabel Allende (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: Cubanita, by Gaby Triana (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Third: Parrot in the Oven, mi vida, by Victor Martinez (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Young Adult Fiction–Spanish

First: El bosque de los pigmeos (Forest of the Pigmies), by Isabel Allende (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: La telaraña de Carlota (Charlotte’s Web), by E.B. White (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Third: El misterio de la escalera (The Mystery of the Ladder), by María Villegas, Jennie Kent (Villegas Editores)

Best Young Adult Nonfiction–English

First: Those Oldies but Goodies, by Art Rodriguez (Dream House Press)

Best Young Adult Nonfiction–Spanish

First: Beatriz González, by Benjamín Villegas (Villegas Editores)

Nonfiction–English-language

Best Arts Book

First: Salsa Talks! A Musical Heritage Uncovered, by Mary Kent (Digital Domain)
Second: Goldworks and Shamanism, by Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff(Villegas Editores)

Best Biography

First: Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana, by Demetria Martínez (University of Oklahoma Press)
Second: Jubana! by Gigi Anders (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Cookbook

First: Latin Chic: Entertaining with Style and Sass, by Isabel C. González, Carolina Buia (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best History Book

First: Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juárez: 1893-1923, by David Dorado Romo (Cinco Puntos Press)
Second: Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History, by Jorge Ramos (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Self-Help Book

First: Critical Choices That Changed Lives: How Heroes Turn Tragedy Into Triumph, by Daniel R. Castro (Beartooth Press)
Second: Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul, by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Susan Sánchez-Casal (Health Communications, Inc.)

Best Travel Book

First: Unseen Colombia, by Andrés Hurtado García (Villegas Editores)

Best Reference Book

First: Self Help Graphics & Art: Art in the Heart of East Los Angeles, by Kristen Guzmán (UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center)

Nonfiction–Spanish-language or Bilingual

Best Arts Book

First: Manzur: Homenaje (Manzur: Homage), by Eduardo Serrano (Villegas Editores)
Second: Rin, Rin, Rin, Do, Re, Mi, by José-Luis Orozco (Orchard Books, Scholastic Inc.)

Best Biography

First: Cómo Fue:Memorias (How It Happened: Memoirs), by José Trías Monge (La Editorial, Universidad de Puerto Rico)
Second: El Hombre Químico (Juiced!), by José Canseco (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Third: Entre nosotras: De mujer a mujer (Dish and Tell), by Las Miami Bombshells Mercedes Soler, Patricia San Pedro, Annie San Roman, Tammi Leader Fuller, Lydia Sacasa and Sara Rosenberg (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Health Book

First: La dieta de las 3 horas (The 3-Hour Diet), by Jorge Cruise (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: Lo esencial de Atkins (The Essential Atkins), by Robert C. Atkins, M.D. Atkins Health and Medical Information (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Third: Magia de las frutas y vegetales: Salud, cocina y belleza (The Magic of Fruits and Vegetables), by Mario Jiménez-Castillo, Marha Graniello-Russo (Llewellyn Epañol)

Best History/Political Book

First: Morir en el intento (Dying to Cross), by Jorge Ramos (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: Erase una vez en Colombia (Once Upon a Time in Colombia), by William Ospina (Villegas Editores)

Best New Age Book

First: El don del cambio (The Gift of Change), by Marianne Williamson (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: Magia Celta: Rituales de una religión ancestral (Celtic Magic), by Montse Osuna (Llewellyn Epañol)

Best Religious Book

First: Vive sin miedo: Despierta la fuerza interior de tu alma (Living Fearlessly: Bringing Out Your Inner Sould-Strength), by Paramahansa Yogananda (Self-Realization Fellowship)
Second: Pensamiento de Luz (Thoughts of Light), by Juan Pablo II (Rayo/ HarperCollins Publishers)
Third: Mundo de los ángeles (World of Angels), by Luz Stella Rozo (Llewellyn Epañol)

Best Self-help Book

First: Ser angelical: Transforme su vida hacia el conocimiento divino (Angelical Being: How to Transform Your Life and Obtain Divine Wisdom), by Mabel Iam (Llewellyn Epañol)
Second: Los principios del éxito (The Success Principles), by Jack Canfield (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Reference Book

First: Qué sé yo de la historia: Todo lo que necesitas saber acerca de la historia de los Estado Unidos (Don’t Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned), by Kenneth C. Davis (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: Qué Sé yo de la Biblia (Don’t Know Much About the Bible), by Kenneth C. Davis (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Fiction–English-language

Best Novel–Adventure or Drama

First: Carry Me Like Water, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: The Queen Jade, by Yxta Maya Murray (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Third: Memories of My Melancholy Whores, by Gabriel García Márquez (Alfred A. Knopf)

Best Novel–Historical Fiction

First: Love and Ghost Letters, by Chantel Acevedo (St. Martins Press)
Second: Music of the Mill, by Luis J. Rodríguez (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Third: The Last Masquerade, by Antonio Orlando Rodríguez (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Novel–Mystery

First: Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders, by Alicia Gaspar de Alba (Arte Público Press)
Second: The Queen Jade, by Yxta Maya Murray (Rayo/HarperCollins)
Third: A Bridge in Darkness, by Carlos Victoria (Pureplay Press)

Best Poetry Book

First: The Religion of Hands: Prose Poems and Flash Fictions, by Ray Gonzalez (University of Arizona Press)
Second: A Love Story Beginning in Spañish, by Judith Ortiz Cofer (University of Georgia Press)

Fiction–Spanish

Best Novel–Drama

First: Chicano, by Richard Vasquez (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: La Isla de Pasion (Isle of Passion), by Laura Restrepo (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Third: Sanctuarios del Corazón, by Margarita Cota-Cardenas (University of Arizona Press)

Best Novel–Historical

First: Chicano, by Richard Vasquez (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: La agonía erótica de Bolívar, el amor y la muerte (The Erotic Agony of Bolivar, Love, and Death), by Víctor Paz Otero (Villegas Editores)
Third: Les dejo el mar (I Leave You the Sea), by María de Lourdes Victoria Muguira (Ediciones B)

Best Novel–Mystery

First: El Zahir (The Zahir), by Paulo Coelho (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: La amante perfecta (The Perfect Lover), by Stephanie Laurens (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Third: Se Busca (Wanted), by Michele Martinez (Rayo/ HarperCollins)

Best Novel–Romance

First: El penúltimo sueño (The Penultimate Dream), by Ángela Becerra (Villegas Editores)

Best Poetry Book

First: Deletreando en sueños (Spelling Out in Dreams), by Víctor David Cervantes Casanova (CBH Books)
Second: Cuerpo Erótico (Erotic Body), by Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda (Villegas Editores)

Design

Best Cover Design–Hard Cover

First: Manzur: Homenaje (Manzur: Homage), illustrated by Benjamín (Villegas Editores)
Second: Casa de Recreo en Colombia (Pleasure House in Colombia), illustrated by Benjamín Villegas (Villegas Editores)
Third: Lola, illustrated by Gladys Rosa Mendoza (Me + Mi Publishing)

Best Cover Design–Soft Cover

First: Frente a la torre: Ensayos del centenario de la Univesidad de Puerto Rico, 1903-2003 (In Front of the Tower: Essays on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Puerto Rico University), illustrated by Carmen Raffucci (La Editorial, UPR)
Second: Cuando cierra la oche (When Night Closes), illustrated by Benjamín Villegas (Villegas Editores)
Third: El arte de tratar a las mujeres (The Art of Relating to Women), illustrated by Benjamín Villegas (Villegas Editores)

Best Cover Illustrations

First: Playing Lotería/El juego de la lotería, illustrated by Jill Arena (Northland Publishing)
Second: Lola, illustrated by Gladys Rosa Mendoza (Me + Mi Publishing)
Third: Cosas de niñas (Girl Stuff), illustrated by Ivette Salom Safi (Villegas Editores)

Best Interior

First: My Name is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela, illustrated by John Parra L Northland Publishing)
Second: Orfebrería y Chamanismo, photographed by Rudolf (Villegas Editores)

Best First Book: The Mariposa Award English

First: Dirty Blond and Half-Cuban, by Lisa Wixon (Rayo/ HarperCollins)
Second: Critical Choices That Changed Lives: How Heroes Turn Tragedy Into Triumph, by Daniel R. (Beartooth Press)

Best First Book: The Mariposa Award Spanish

First: Escolios, by Nicolás Gómez Dávila (Villegas Editores)
Second: Les dejo el mar (I Leave You the Sea), by María de Lourdes Victoria Muguira (Ediciones B)
Third: El hombre químico (Juiced!), by José Canseco (Rayo/ HarperCollins)