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Pura Belpré Book Awards
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 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), 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.
For more information see: The Pura Belpré Book Awards
2023 Author & Illustrator Award Winners


Where Wonder Grows
Adriana M. Garcia, Xelena González| 2023 Youth Illustration Award

2022 Author & Illustrator Award Winners
¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge
Raúl Gonzalez | 2022 Youth Illustration Award

Past Author & Illustrator Award Winners


¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat
Raúl Gonzalez | 2021 Youth Illustration Award
