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Pura Belpré Award

Pura Belpré Award. Pura Belpré Award. for 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.” . presented biennially, beginning in 1996 – 2008

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Pura Belpré Award

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  1. Pura Belpré Award

  2. Pura Belpré Award • for 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.”

  3. presented biennially, beginning in 1996 – 2008 (now, yearly, since 2008) • medal winner each for narrative and for illustration, with several honor books for each announced • co-sponsored by the: Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm

  4. Who was Pura Belpré? • named after PuraBelpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library • born: 1899 or 1903 in Puerto Rico died: 1982 • writer, a collector of folktales (especially those from Puerto Rico), and a puppeteer

  5. Pura Belpré

  6. The first story she wrote and published was Pérez and Martina, a love story between a cockroach and a mouse. “In 1931, she authored perhaps the first book published in English in the U.S. by a Puerto Rican author, and certainly the first published by a major publishing house.”

  7. She is best known for her work in the New York Public Library, where she pioneered the “library’s outreach within the Puerto Rican community.” • Her Spanish language, community and literary skills soon earned her a position as Hispanic Assistant in a branch of the public library at 135th Street in Harlem. • She became the first Puerto Rican to be hired by the New York Public Library. She was an advocate for the Spanish-speaking community, helping to implement programs based on traditional holidays such as Three Kings Day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9

  8. Pura BelpréAward Winners • 1996 Author: Cofer, Judith Ortiz. An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio (Melanie Kroupa / Orchard Books, 1995). Illustrator: Guevara, Susan. Chato's Kitchen written by Gary Soto (Putnam, 1995). I

  9. 1998 • Author: Martinez, Victor. Parrot in the Oven: mi vida. (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, 1996). • Illustrator: Snapshots from the Wedding, illustrated by Stephanie Garcia. Text: Gary Soto (Putnam, 1997).

  10. 2000 • Author: Alma Flor Ada. Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba. (Atheneum Books, 1998). • Illustrator: Carmen Lomas Garza. Magic Windows. (Children's Book Press, 1999).

  11. 2002 • Author: Pam Munoz Ryan. Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Press, 2000). • Illustrator: Susan Guevara, Illustrator. Written by Gary Soto. Chato and the Party Animals (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000).

  12. 2004 • Author: Julia Alvarez.  Before We Were Free. (Alfred A. Knopf, 2002). • Illustrator: Yuyi Morales. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book (Chronicle Books, 2003).

  13. 2006 • Author: Viola Canales.  The Tequila Worm. (Wendy Lamb Books, a division of Random House, 2005). • Illustrator: Raul Colón. Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart. Written by Pat Mora. (Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, 2005).

  14. 2008 • Author: Margarita Engle. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Illustrated by Sean Qualls  (Holt, 2006). • Illustrator: Yuyi Morales. Los Gatos Black on Halloween. Written by Marisa Montes. (Holt, 2006).

  15. 2009 • Author: Margarita Engle. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom (Henry Holt). • Illustrator: Yuyi Morales. Just In Case (A Neal Porter Book published by Roaring Brook Press).

  16. 2010 • Author: Julia Alvarez. Return to Sender (Alfred A. Knopf). • Illustrator: Rafael López. Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros. Written by Pat Mora. (Rayo, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers).

  17. 2011 • Author: The Dreamer, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan, illustrated by PerterSís, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. • Illustrator: Grandma's Gift, illustrated and written by Eric Velasquez, published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.

  18. Leslie McMillan Pamela Thomas Award Project March 2, 2011 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: EDUC717281-SP11 Tim Swann, Instructor

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