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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:06:32 -0600
One of the several dynamic moments of the ALA/ALSC Awards Press Conference in New Orleans on Monday morning occurred when two people - rather than one - went to the podium to announce the 2003 ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpr? Awards for outstanding writing and illustration in children's and young adult books published during 2000 and 2001 by Latino book creators.
The series of announcements began in Spanish and were immediately translated into English with each speaker taking turns. As with the other awards, those assembled saw computer generated images of the book jackets, titles, authors/illustrators' names, and publishers projected on each of the two large screens on either side of the speakers' platform.
The two alternating languages as well as the outcomes were thrilling for me to hear in that particular place and time. The Spanish language translator of the English language press release, Oralia Garza de Cortes, had worked until the proverbial wee hours of the morning to make this possible. Congratulations to her and to everyone involved, especially to Belpr? Committee chair Eliza Dresang and to the ALSC & REFORMA members of the 2003 Belpr? Award Committee.
Although in one respect that may seem to be a small step, it represents important progress and was one of several demonstrations of good will between various parts of the huge American Library Association during the recent Midwinter Conference.
And the books? Wow, the books! Congratulations to Pam Mu?oz Ryan for winning the Belpr? Award for her stunning novel Esperanza Rising (Scholastic, 2000). One of the honor books Breaking Through (Houghton Mifflin, 2001) is a powerful continuation of Francisco Jim?nez's autobiographical novel The Circuit first published in 1997. Look for each of them, if you haven't seen either one. And look for the others, too. Request your school library and public library to buy them. There are so very few Latino books published each year for young readers that these books singled out for their excellence must not be missed. Find ways to incorporate them into what you already share with or teach to children or college students.
Here's the entire Belpr? Award press release, in case you haven't had time to focus on this award news yet:
Susan Guevara, illustrator of "Chato and the Party Animals," written by Gary Soto and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, and Pam Mu?oz Ryan, author of "Esperanza Rising," published by Scholastic Press, are the 2002 winners of the Pura Belpr? Awards, honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in a children's book.
Susan Guevara's larger-than-life, mural-like images translate and extend Soto's barrio story with vitality, color and social commentary. Discovering that his best friend, Novio Boy, has never had a birthday party, Chato the Cat plans a surprise pachanga. Everything is set except that Chato forgets to invite the guest of honor. Sly humor and Latino symbolism abound in these innovative, acrylic-on-scratchboard illustrations.
According to Award Committee Chair Dr. Eliza T. Dresang, Guevara's vivacious, distinctive artistic style creates a culturally authentic picture book with immense child appeal.
In "Esperanza Rising," pampered thirteen-year-old Esperanza and her
mother are forced to flee Mexico following her father's sudden death and his brothers' takeover of their land. In a California migrant-worker camp, they encounter poverty and racism that are mitigated by the support of family and friends. Esperanza's response to the fall from a privileged life into a 1930s, immigrant experience transforms her from a spoiled child into a strong adolescent.
"Esperanza Rising" brings to young readers beautifully executed literature, simple but eloquent and rich in historical details, powerful imagery, and symbolism," Dresang said. "Vivid descriptions of the social and economic hardships of the Mexican migrant workers create compelling realism for contemporary readers."
One Honor Book for Illustration also was selected: "Juan Bobo Goes to Work," illustrated by Joe Cepeda, retold by Marisa Montes and published by HarperCollins Publishers. Two Author Award Honor Books were named: "Iguanas in the Snow," by Francisco X. Alarc?n, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez, published by Children's Book Press; and "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jim?nez, published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
The awards are administered by ALSC and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Service to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking.
(From the ALA web site: http://www.ala.org/news/v8n2/awardsrelease.html )
- Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Tue 22 Jan 2002 08:06:32 PM CST
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:06:32 -0600
One of the several dynamic moments of the ALA/ALSC Awards Press Conference in New Orleans on Monday morning occurred when two people - rather than one - went to the podium to announce the 2003 ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpr? Awards for outstanding writing and illustration in children's and young adult books published during 2000 and 2001 by Latino book creators.
The series of announcements began in Spanish and were immediately translated into English with each speaker taking turns. As with the other awards, those assembled saw computer generated images of the book jackets, titles, authors/illustrators' names, and publishers projected on each of the two large screens on either side of the speakers' platform.
The two alternating languages as well as the outcomes were thrilling for me to hear in that particular place and time. The Spanish language translator of the English language press release, Oralia Garza de Cortes, had worked until the proverbial wee hours of the morning to make this possible. Congratulations to her and to everyone involved, especially to Belpr? Committee chair Eliza Dresang and to the ALSC & REFORMA members of the 2003 Belpr? Award Committee.
Although in one respect that may seem to be a small step, it represents important progress and was one of several demonstrations of good will between various parts of the huge American Library Association during the recent Midwinter Conference.
And the books? Wow, the books! Congratulations to Pam Mu?oz Ryan for winning the Belpr? Award for her stunning novel Esperanza Rising (Scholastic, 2000). One of the honor books Breaking Through (Houghton Mifflin, 2001) is a powerful continuation of Francisco Jim?nez's autobiographical novel The Circuit first published in 1997. Look for each of them, if you haven't seen either one. And look for the others, too. Request your school library and public library to buy them. There are so very few Latino books published each year for young readers that these books singled out for their excellence must not be missed. Find ways to incorporate them into what you already share with or teach to children or college students.
Here's the entire Belpr? Award press release, in case you haven't had time to focus on this award news yet:
Susan Guevara, illustrator of "Chato and the Party Animals," written by Gary Soto and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, and Pam Mu?oz Ryan, author of "Esperanza Rising," published by Scholastic Press, are the 2002 winners of the Pura Belpr? Awards, honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in a children's book.
Susan Guevara's larger-than-life, mural-like images translate and extend Soto's barrio story with vitality, color and social commentary. Discovering that his best friend, Novio Boy, has never had a birthday party, Chato the Cat plans a surprise pachanga. Everything is set except that Chato forgets to invite the guest of honor. Sly humor and Latino symbolism abound in these innovative, acrylic-on-scratchboard illustrations.
According to Award Committee Chair Dr. Eliza T. Dresang, Guevara's vivacious, distinctive artistic style creates a culturally authentic picture book with immense child appeal.
In "Esperanza Rising," pampered thirteen-year-old Esperanza and her
mother are forced to flee Mexico following her father's sudden death and his brothers' takeover of their land. In a California migrant-worker camp, they encounter poverty and racism that are mitigated by the support of family and friends. Esperanza's response to the fall from a privileged life into a 1930s, immigrant experience transforms her from a spoiled child into a strong adolescent.
"Esperanza Rising" brings to young readers beautifully executed literature, simple but eloquent and rich in historical details, powerful imagery, and symbolism," Dresang said. "Vivid descriptions of the social and economic hardships of the Mexican migrant workers create compelling realism for contemporary readers."
One Honor Book for Illustration also was selected: "Juan Bobo Goes to Work," illustrated by Joe Cepeda, retold by Marisa Montes and published by HarperCollins Publishers. Two Author Award Honor Books were named: "Iguanas in the Snow," by Francisco X. Alarc?n, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez, published by Children's Book Press; and "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jim?nez, published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
The awards are administered by ALSC and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Service to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking.
(From the ALA web site: http://www.ala.org/news/v8n2/awardsrelease.html )
- Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Tue 22 Jan 2002 08:06:32 PM CST
