Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15-October 15th each year. (This date range was chosen to include the independence days of several Latin American countries.) Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates "the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America." In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, here are this year's Pura Belpré Award and Honor-winning books. The Pura Belpré Awards are given by the American Library Association each year to honor "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."
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2019 Author Award Winner The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world. |
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2019 Illustrator Award Winner An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story. |
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Twelve-year-old Güero, a red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid, discovers the joy of writing poetry, thanks to his seventh grade English teacher. |
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When she has to draw a picture of where she immigrated from, Lola asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland. |
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When angels sing : the story of rock legend Carlos Santana by Michael James Mahin 2019 Illustrator Honor Winner Looks at the life and accomplishments of a rock legend who created a unique sound that fused American blues, rock, and jazz traditions with the sound of Latin American and African music. |