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Children Literature Award Winners

Caldacott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Pura Belpré Awards

Pura Belpré Author Award 2014-Present

Saints of the Household by Ari Tison
Call Number: 813.6 T525s
2024 Young Adult Winner
Mexikid by Pedro. Martín (Illustrator)
Call Number: 741.5973 M3649m
2024 Children's Winner
Burn down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado
Call Number: 813.6 T511bu
2023 Young Adult Winner
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega; Rose Bousamra (Illustrator)
Call Number: 741.5973 Or82f
2023 Children's Winner
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Call Number: 813.6 H539l
2022 Winner
Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Call Number: On Order
2021 Winner
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (a Sal and Gabi Novel, Book 1) by Carlos Hernandez
Call Number: 813.6 H43s 2019
2020 Winner
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Call Number: Y Ac37p
2019 Winner
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
Call Number: Y B3947l
2018 Winner
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y M4689j
2017 Winner
Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle; Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y En35e
2016 Winner
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín; Lee White (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y Ag75i
2015 Winner
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
Call Number: Y M4689y
2014 Winner

Pura Belpré Award for Illustration 2014-Present

Mexikid by Pedro. Martín (Illustrator)
Call Number: 741.5973 M3649m
2024 Youth Illustrator Winner
Where Wonder Grows by Adriana M. Garcia (Illustrator); Xelena González
Call Number: 813.6 G5899w
2023 Winner
¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by Raúl the Raúl the Third
Call Number: 813.6 R192v
2022 Winner
¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat by Raul Gonzalez (Illustrator); Elaine Bay
Call Number: 813.6 R192v 2020
2021 Winner
Dancing Hands by Margarita Engle; Rafael López (Illustrator); Rafael López (Illustrator)
Call Number: 786.2092 En35d 2019
2020 Winner
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Call Number: 818.603 M7929d
2019 Winner
La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya; Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y-E El84p
2018 Winner
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by Cathy Camper
Call Number: 741.5 C154l
2017 Winner
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle; Rafael López (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y-E En35d
2016 Winner
Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales; Tim O'Meara (Photographer)
Call Number: Y-E M7929v
2015 Winner
Niño by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y-E M7929n
2014 Winner

Pura Belpré Award Winners 1996-2013