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From: Julie Kline <jkline>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 12:23:55 -0500
Dear CCBC-Net community,
I am pleased to announce below the newest winners and commended list for the Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature; the awards will be presented on June 29 at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Earlier that day the Library will host a conference, "Culture Between the Covers: The Creation of Picture, Story and Young Adult Books about Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinos in the U.S." organized by WEAVE, Inc (a family literacy non-profit). For information on the conference, contact Sandra Boyd at (843) 838'91 or boydsasa at islc.net
The annotated Americas Award list will be available later this week at:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/Americas2000.htm
-Julie K. Kline Outreach and Academic Program Coordinator Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 229Y86 phone
(414) 229(79 fax jkline at uwm.edu www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS
----May 2001
Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)
Am?ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
The Am?ricas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction
(from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The award is sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).
The award winners and commended titles are selected for their 1) distinctive literary quality; 2) cultural contextualization; 3) exceptional integration of text, illustration and design; and 4) potential for classroom use. The winning books will be honored at a ceremony on June 29, 2001 at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
2000 AMERICAS AWARD WINNERS
Picture Book Category
Winner: THE COMPOSITION by Antonio Sk?rmeta. Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. Translated from the Spanish by Elisa Amado. Groundwood, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 0?89990-0 $16.95 The Chilean author?s short story, first published as an illustrated children?s book in Venezuela, provides a chilling portrait of a young boy?s political awakening. At age nine, Pedro is most concerned about acquiring a new soccer ball, just like the ones the professional players use. Only after he witnesses a friend?s father being arrested and taken away by soldiers does Pedro begin to wonder about his own parents? political leanings. He notices, for example, that they spend a lot of time huddled around the radio with the volume turned low, and they converse with friends in hushed tones. But when he asks his mother if he is for or against the dictatorship, she answers that children aren?t for or against anything. So what will Pedro write about when a government official comes to his school and announces there will be a cash prize for best composition with the title ?What My Family Does at Night?? Suspense is built through a skillful use of dialogue and subtle detail, as well as visual foreshadowing in the realistic illustrations, to keep readers on the edges of their seats until the very last sentence. The moral and ethical issues presented provide a tremendous springboard for discussion with older children and adolescents. (Gr. 3)
Honor Book: MY VERY OWN ROOM / MI PROPIO CUARTITO by Amada Irma Perez. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. Children?s Book Press, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 0?2394-2
$15.95 As the eldest child and only daughter in a large Mexican-American family, the spirited narrator of this joyful bilingual story longs for a little space to call her own. With the help of her mama and papa, her Tio Pancho, and her five younger brothers, she?s able to fix up a small bedroom for herself in a storage closet. And as soon as she has everything just as she wants it, she invites her brothers in so she can read them a story. Brightly colored, stylized illustrations enhance the exuberance of the text in a story that communicates both individuality and family solidarity.
(Gr. K-3)
Fiction Category
Winner: THE COLOR OF MY WORDS by Lynn Joseph. Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, 2000. 138 pages. ISBN 082320 $14.95 Growing up in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Ana Rosa understands the power of words because she herself is a writer. Her family supports her aspirations, even though some of their neighbors find them unrealistic. From her vantage point at the top of her beloved gri gri tree, she takes in everything she observes, in both the natural and the human world, and transforms it into poetry. When the government announces that it is going to bulldoze the workingclass neighborhood in which Ana Rosa and her family live, her brother Guario organizes a community resistance movement. But words, with all their power, cannot save Guario from the powerful forces against which he struggles. They do, however, help Ana Rosa tell his story, as well as her own. A lyrical first-person narrative strongly evokes a people and a place in an engaging, accessible story that does not shy away from some of the hard truths. (Gr. 4-8)
Honor Book:
ESPERANZA RISING by Pam Mu?oz Ryan. Scholastic Press, 2000. 262 pages. ISBN 0C9041-1 $15.95 Twelve-year-old Esperanza leads a privileged life as the only child in a prominent family living in Mexico in the 1930s. But when her father dies, she experiences a drastic change of fortune, and she and her mother must eek out a living by going north to California as migrant workers. More than a mere riches-to-rags story, Pam Mu?oz Ryan skillfully weaves history and social issues into a compelling story based on the author?s grandmother?s childhood. Outstanding characterizations, a well developed sense of place, and a strong story line mark this fine historical novel. (Gr. 4-8)
Highly Commended
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT / EL REGALO DE NAVIDAD by Francisco Jim?nez. Illustrated by Claire B. Cotts. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 095?869-9 $15.00 Based on a short story from The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child (Houghton Mifflin, 1999), a bilingual picture book centers on one particular Christmas memory from the author?s childhood in which his parents found a way to help another family even more destitute than theirs. (Gr. K-3)
CUBAN KIDS by George Ancona. Marshall Cavendish, 2000. 40 pages. ISBN 0v14P77-7 $15.95 In his trademark photo-documentary style, Ancona combines outstanding color photographs of contemporary Cuban children with an inviting narrative that describes their lives at school, at home and at play. (Gr. 3-6)
ICY WATERMELON / SANDIA FRIA by Mary Sue Galindo. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard. Pi?ata Books/Arte P?blico, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 1U88506-5 $14.95 As three generations of a Mexican-American family share a watermelon on the front porch, Abuelo and Abuela recount the amusing story of how they first met when a watermelon fell off the back of a truck. (Gr. K-2)
MI HIJA, MI HIJO, EL AGUILA, LA PALOMA: UN CANTO AZTECA / MY DAUGHTER, MY SON, THE EAGLE, THE DOVE: AN AZTEC CHANT by Ana Castillo. Illustrated by S. Guevara. Dutton, 2000. 48 pages. ISBN 0R3E867-0 (Spanish edition) ISBN 0R5E856-2 (English edition) $12.99 Ancient and contemporary elements are nicely blended in both text and illustrations in these attractive small books designed to instill cultural values and inspire adolescent readers.
(Gr. 6-9)
PEDRO AND ME: FRIENDSHIP, LOSS, AND WHAT I LEARNED by Judd Winick. Henry Holt, 2000. 187 pages. ISBN 0?50d03-6 $15.00 By shattering stereotypes, a young HIV-positive Cuban-American man forever changed the life of an aspiring cartoonist when the two were cast as roommates on MTV?s The Real World 3, San Francisco, as their story is told here in a graphic novel format. (Gr. 6)
ROADRUNNER?S DANCE by Rudolfo Anaya. Illustrated by David Diaz. Hyperion, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 0x6880254-5 $15.99 David Diaz?s glowing Southwestern-style illustrations serve as the perfect complement to Anaya?s original tale that explains how roadrunners came into being. (Gr. K-3)
SALSA STORIES by Lulu Delacre. Scholastic, 2000. 105 pages. ISBN 0Y0c118-7 $15.95 When Carmen Teresa?s family and friends gather to celebrate the New Year, each one shares food and a story from his or her native country, which include Argentina, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Peru. (Gr. 3-6)
Received on Wed 02 May 2001 12:23:55 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 12:23:55 -0500
Dear CCBC-Net community,
I am pleased to announce below the newest winners and commended list for the Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature; the awards will be presented on June 29 at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Earlier that day the Library will host a conference, "Culture Between the Covers: The Creation of Picture, Story and Young Adult Books about Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinos in the U.S." organized by WEAVE, Inc (a family literacy non-profit). For information on the conference, contact Sandra Boyd at (843) 838'91 or boydsasa at islc.net
The annotated Americas Award list will be available later this week at:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/Americas2000.htm
-Julie K. Kline Outreach and Academic Program Coordinator Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 229Y86 phone
(414) 229(79 fax jkline at uwm.edu www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS
----May 2001
Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)
Am?ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
The Am?ricas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction
(from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The award is sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).
The award winners and commended titles are selected for their 1) distinctive literary quality; 2) cultural contextualization; 3) exceptional integration of text, illustration and design; and 4) potential for classroom use. The winning books will be honored at a ceremony on June 29, 2001 at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
2000 AMERICAS AWARD WINNERS
Picture Book Category
Winner: THE COMPOSITION by Antonio Sk?rmeta. Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. Translated from the Spanish by Elisa Amado. Groundwood, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 0?89990-0 $16.95 The Chilean author?s short story, first published as an illustrated children?s book in Venezuela, provides a chilling portrait of a young boy?s political awakening. At age nine, Pedro is most concerned about acquiring a new soccer ball, just like the ones the professional players use. Only after he witnesses a friend?s father being arrested and taken away by soldiers does Pedro begin to wonder about his own parents? political leanings. He notices, for example, that they spend a lot of time huddled around the radio with the volume turned low, and they converse with friends in hushed tones. But when he asks his mother if he is for or against the dictatorship, she answers that children aren?t for or against anything. So what will Pedro write about when a government official comes to his school and announces there will be a cash prize for best composition with the title ?What My Family Does at Night?? Suspense is built through a skillful use of dialogue and subtle detail, as well as visual foreshadowing in the realistic illustrations, to keep readers on the edges of their seats until the very last sentence. The moral and ethical issues presented provide a tremendous springboard for discussion with older children and adolescents. (Gr. 3)
Honor Book: MY VERY OWN ROOM / MI PROPIO CUARTITO by Amada Irma Perez. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. Children?s Book Press, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 0?2394-2
$15.95 As the eldest child and only daughter in a large Mexican-American family, the spirited narrator of this joyful bilingual story longs for a little space to call her own. With the help of her mama and papa, her Tio Pancho, and her five younger brothers, she?s able to fix up a small bedroom for herself in a storage closet. And as soon as she has everything just as she wants it, she invites her brothers in so she can read them a story. Brightly colored, stylized illustrations enhance the exuberance of the text in a story that communicates both individuality and family solidarity.
(Gr. K-3)
Fiction Category
Winner: THE COLOR OF MY WORDS by Lynn Joseph. Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, 2000. 138 pages. ISBN 082320 $14.95 Growing up in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Ana Rosa understands the power of words because she herself is a writer. Her family supports her aspirations, even though some of their neighbors find them unrealistic. From her vantage point at the top of her beloved gri gri tree, she takes in everything she observes, in both the natural and the human world, and transforms it into poetry. When the government announces that it is going to bulldoze the workingclass neighborhood in which Ana Rosa and her family live, her brother Guario organizes a community resistance movement. But words, with all their power, cannot save Guario from the powerful forces against which he struggles. They do, however, help Ana Rosa tell his story, as well as her own. A lyrical first-person narrative strongly evokes a people and a place in an engaging, accessible story that does not shy away from some of the hard truths. (Gr. 4-8)
Honor Book:
ESPERANZA RISING by Pam Mu?oz Ryan. Scholastic Press, 2000. 262 pages. ISBN 0C9041-1 $15.95 Twelve-year-old Esperanza leads a privileged life as the only child in a prominent family living in Mexico in the 1930s. But when her father dies, she experiences a drastic change of fortune, and she and her mother must eek out a living by going north to California as migrant workers. More than a mere riches-to-rags story, Pam Mu?oz Ryan skillfully weaves history and social issues into a compelling story based on the author?s grandmother?s childhood. Outstanding characterizations, a well developed sense of place, and a strong story line mark this fine historical novel. (Gr. 4-8)
Highly Commended
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT / EL REGALO DE NAVIDAD by Francisco Jim?nez. Illustrated by Claire B. Cotts. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 095?869-9 $15.00 Based on a short story from The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child (Houghton Mifflin, 1999), a bilingual picture book centers on one particular Christmas memory from the author?s childhood in which his parents found a way to help another family even more destitute than theirs. (Gr. K-3)
CUBAN KIDS by George Ancona. Marshall Cavendish, 2000. 40 pages. ISBN 0v14P77-7 $15.95 In his trademark photo-documentary style, Ancona combines outstanding color photographs of contemporary Cuban children with an inviting narrative that describes their lives at school, at home and at play. (Gr. 3-6)
ICY WATERMELON / SANDIA FRIA by Mary Sue Galindo. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard. Pi?ata Books/Arte P?blico, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 1U88506-5 $14.95 As three generations of a Mexican-American family share a watermelon on the front porch, Abuelo and Abuela recount the amusing story of how they first met when a watermelon fell off the back of a truck. (Gr. K-2)
MI HIJA, MI HIJO, EL AGUILA, LA PALOMA: UN CANTO AZTECA / MY DAUGHTER, MY SON, THE EAGLE, THE DOVE: AN AZTEC CHANT by Ana Castillo. Illustrated by S. Guevara. Dutton, 2000. 48 pages. ISBN 0R3E867-0 (Spanish edition) ISBN 0R5E856-2 (English edition) $12.99 Ancient and contemporary elements are nicely blended in both text and illustrations in these attractive small books designed to instill cultural values and inspire adolescent readers.
(Gr. 6-9)
PEDRO AND ME: FRIENDSHIP, LOSS, AND WHAT I LEARNED by Judd Winick. Henry Holt, 2000. 187 pages. ISBN 0?50d03-6 $15.00 By shattering stereotypes, a young HIV-positive Cuban-American man forever changed the life of an aspiring cartoonist when the two were cast as roommates on MTV?s The Real World 3, San Francisco, as their story is told here in a graphic novel format. (Gr. 6)
ROADRUNNER?S DANCE by Rudolfo Anaya. Illustrated by David Diaz. Hyperion, 2000. 32 pages. ISBN 0x6880254-5 $15.99 David Diaz?s glowing Southwestern-style illustrations serve as the perfect complement to Anaya?s original tale that explains how roadrunners came into being. (Gr. K-3)
SALSA STORIES by Lulu Delacre. Scholastic, 2000. 105 pages. ISBN 0Y0c118-7 $15.95 When Carmen Teresa?s family and friends gather to celebrate the New Year, each one shares food and a story from his or her native country, which include Argentina, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Peru. (Gr. 3-6)
Received on Wed 02 May 2001 12:23:55 PM CDT
