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2008 Pura Belpre Awards
July 1, 2008

REFORMA and the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), hosted a beautiful celebration of life and Latino children's literature at the ALA conference in Anaheim. Writers and Illustrators of books in Spanish or of Latino interest were honored.

-from ALSC website:

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. It is co-sponsored by the ALSC, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, an ALA affiliate.

The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at 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.

It has been given every other year since 1996. Beginning with the 2009 award, it will be given annually.

2008 Pura Belpre Honors for Illustration

Maya Christina Gonzalez

My Colors My World/ Mis Colores, Mi Mundo

Raul Colon

My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Me LLamo Gabito: La Vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2008 Pura Belpre Award for Illustration

Yuyi Morales

Los Gatos Black in Halloween

2008 Pura Belpre Honors for Narrative

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Frida: Viva la vida, Long Live Life

Marisa Montes

Los Gatos Black on Halloween

Carmen Agra Deedy

Marina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

2008 Pura Belpre Award for Narrative

Margarita Engle

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

Posted by Loida García-Febo on July 1, 2008 | Comments (0)