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[CCBC-Net] Pura Belpre Award winners

From: Kathleen T. Horning <horning>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:59:26 -0600

It is now time to turn out attention to the books that won Pura Belpre Awards and Honors. The Belpre Award, co-sponsored by ALSC and REFORMA, recognizes outstanding books by Latino/a authors and illustrators. You can find out more about at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belpreabout/index.cfm

This year's winners are:

Author: Margarita Engle for "The Surrender Tree:Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" (Henry Holt)

Illustrator: Yuyi Morales for "Just in Case" (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook)

The 2009 Belpre Honor Books are:

Author Honors: Lucia Gonzales for "The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos"
(Children's Book Press) Francisco Jimenez for "Reaching Out" (Houghton Mifflin) Yuyi Morales for "Just in Case" (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook)

Illustrator Honors: Amy Cordova for "What Can You Do with a Rebozo?" written by Carmen Tafolla (Tricycle Press) Lulu Delacre for "The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos" written by Lucia Gonzalez (Children's Book Press) Rudy Gutierrez for "Papa and Me" written by Arthur Dorros
(Rayo/HarperCollins)

A couple of things are worth noting right off the bast. This year for the first time, there was a Belpre winner ("The Surrender Tree") that was also honored by the Newbery Committee. There were also two Belpre-winning picture books ("Just in Case" and "The Storyteller's Candle" that were recognized both for writing and illustration.

Please share your experiences and thoughts about the 2009 Belpre winners.

KT

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Kathleen T. Horning
Director
Cooperative Children's Book Center
4290 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-3721
FAX: 608-262-4933
horning at education.wisc.edu
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Wed 04 Mar 2009 11:59:26 AM CST