Pura Belpré Author Award Winners and Honor Titles Since 2001
Title: Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir (2024 WINNER)
By: Martin, Pedro
Published: 2023
2024 Winner
Call Number: JGraphic Marti.P
Ages 10-14
Suggested ages are from the publisher's website or the catalog.
Title: Something Like Home
By: Arango, Andrea Beatriz
Published: 2023
2024 Honor
Call Number: J Arang.A
Ages 10 to 14
Title: Alebrijes
By: Higuera, Donna Barba
Published: 2023
2024 Honor
Call Number: J Higue.D
Ages 10 and up
Title: Benita y las Criaturas Nocturnas
By: Llanos, Mariana
Published: 2023
2024 Honor
Call Number: Spanish JPicture Llano.M
Ages 4 to 9
Title: Aniana del Mar Jumps In
By: Mendez, Jasminne
Published: 2023
2024 Honor
Call Number: J Mende.J
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Papá's Magical Water-Jug Clock
By: Trejo, Jesús
Published: 2023
2024 Honor
Call Number: JPicture Trejo.J
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Frizzy (2023 WINNER)
By: Ortega, Claribel
Published: 2022
2023 Winner
Call Number: JGraphic Orteg.C
Ages 9 and up
Title: The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding
By: González, Karina Nicole
Published: 2022
2023 Honor
Call Number: JPicture Gonza.K
Ages 4 to 8
Title: The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border
By: Briseño, Stephen
Published: 2022
2023 Honor
Call Number: JPicture Brise.S
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Tumble
By: Perez, Celia C.
Published: 2022
2023 Honor
Call Number: J Perez.C
Ages 9 to 12
Title: The Poet X
By: Acevedo, Elizabeth
Published: 2018
2019 Author Winner
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Aceve.E
Title: I Lived on Butterfly Hill
By: Agosín, Marjorie
Published: 2014
2015 Author Winner
Call number: J Agosi.M
Title: Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems
By: Alarcón, Francisco X.
Published: 2001
2002 Author Honor
Call number: Spanish x811 Alarc.F
Title: Before We Were Free
By: Alvarez, Julia
Published: 2002
2004 Author Winner
Call number: J Alvar.J
Spanish edition (Antes de Ser Libres) in YA section call number: Spanish YA Alvar.J
Title: Return to Sender
By: Alvarez, Julia
Published: 2009
2010 Author Winner
Call number: J Alvar.J
Spanish edition (Devolver al Remitente) call number: Spanish J Alvar.J
Title: Child of the Flower-Song People
By: Amescua, Gloria
Published: 2021
2022 Author Honor
xBiog Jimen.D Amesc.G
Title: ¡Olé Flamenco!
By: Ancona, George
Published: 2010
2011 Author Honor
Call number: x793.319468 Ancon.G
Title: The Other Half of Happy
By: Balcárcel, Rebecca
Published: 2019
2020 Author Honor
Call number: J Balca.R
Title: Lucky Broken Girl
By: Behar, Ruth
Published: 2017
2018 Author Winner
Call number: J Behar.R
Title: César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!
By: Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
Published: 2004
2006 Author Honor
Call number: x811 Berni.C
Title: Diego: Bigger Than Life
By: Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
Published: 2009
2010 Author Honor
Call number: xBiog River.D Berni.C
Title: They Call Me Güero : a Border Kid's Poems
By: Bowles, David
Published: 2018
2019 Author Honor
Call number: J Bowle.D
Title: The Tequila Worm
By: Canales, Viola
Published: 2005
2006 Author Winner
Call number: J Canal.V
Title: The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
By: Cartaya, Pablo
Published: 2017
2018 Author Honor
Call number: J Carta.P
Title: Lety Out Loud
By: Cervantes, Angela
Published: 2019
2020 Author Honor
Call number: J Cerva.A
Spanish edition (Lety Alza su Voz) call number: Spanish J Cerva.A
Title: Efrén Divided
By: Cisneros, Ernesto
Published: 2020
2021 Author Winner
Call number: J Cisne.E
Title: The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
By: Cuevas, Adrianna
Published: 2020
2021 Author Honor
Call number: J Cueva.A
Title: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
By: Deedy, Carmen Agra
Published: 2007
2008 Author Honor
Call number: x398.6 Cuba Deedy.C
Spanish edition (Martina, Una Cucarachita Muy Linda : Un Cuento Cubano) call number:
Spanish x398.6 Cuba Deedy.C
Title: The Living
By: de la Peña, Matt
Published: 2013
2014 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Delap.M
Title: Planting Stories : The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
By: Denise, Anika
Published: 2019
2020 Author Honor
Call number: xBiog Belpr.P Denis.A
Spanish edition (Sembrando Historias : Pura Belpré : Bibliotecaria y Narradora de Cuentos):
Spanish xBiog Belpr.P Denis.A
Title: The Only Road
By: Diaz, Alexandra
Published: 2016
2017 Author Honor
Call number: J Diaz.A
Spanish edition (El Único Destino) call number: Spanish J Diaz.A
Title: Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
By: Engle, Margarita
Published: 2015
2016 Author Winner
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Biog Engle.M Engle.M
Title: The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
By: Engle, Margarita
Published: 2013
2014 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Engle.M
Title: The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
By: Engle, Margarita
Published: 2006
2008 Author Winner
Call number: xBiog Manza.J Engle.M
Title: The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
By: Engle, Margarita
Published: 2008
2009 Author Winner
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA x811.54 Engle.M
Title: 90 Miles to Havana
By: Flores-Galbis, Enrique
Published: 2010
2011 Author Honor
Call number: J Flore.E
Title: The Storyteller's Candle = La Velita de Los Cuentos
By: González, Lucía
Published: 2007
2009 Author Honor
Call number: Spanish JPicture Gonza.L
Title: Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
By: Hernandez, Carlos
Published: 2019
2020 Author Winner
Call number: J Herna.C
Title: Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes
By: Herrera, Juan Felipe
Published: 2014
2015 Author Honor
Call number: x920.0092 Herre.J
Title: The Last Cuentista
By: Higuera, Donna Barba
Published: 2021
2022 Author Winner
Call Number: J Higue.D
Title: Lupe Wong Won't Dance
By: Higuera, Donna Barba
Published: 2020
2021 Author Honor
Call Number: J Higue.D
Title: Federico García Lorca
By: Lázaro, Georgina
Published: 2009
2010 Author Honor
Call number: Spanish xBiog Garci.F Lazar.G
Title: The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
By: Manzano, Sonia
Published: 2012
2013 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Manza.S
Title: Under the Mesquite
By: McCall, Guadalupe Garcia
Published: 2011
2012 Author Winner
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction McCal.G
Title: Juana & Lucas
By: Medina, Juana
Published: 2016
2017 Author Winner
Call number: JChapter Medin.J
Title: Mango, Abuela and Me
By: Medina, Meg
Published: 2015
2016 Author Honor
Call number: JPicture Medin.M
Spanish edition (Mango, Abuela Y Yo) call number: Spanish JPicture Medin.M
Title: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
By: Medina, Meg
Published: 2013
2014 Author Winner
Note: This title is in the YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Medin.M
Title: Los Gatos Black on Halloween
By: Montes, Marisa
Published: 2006
2008 Author Winner
Call number: JPicture Monte.M (Holiday section: Halloween)
Title: Doña Flor : A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
By: Mora, Pat
Published: 2005
2006 Author Honor
Call number: JPicture Mora.M
Spanish edition (Doña Flor : Un Cuento de Una Mujer Gigante con un Gran Corazón):
Spanish JPicture Mora.P
Title: Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book
By: Morales, Yuyi
Published: 2008
2009 Author Winner
Call number: Spanish JPicture Moral.Y
Title: My Diary from Here to There/Mi Diario de Aquí Hasta Allá
By: Pérez, Amada Irma
Published: 2002
2004 Author Honor
Call number: Spanish JPicture Perez.A
Title: The First Rule of Punk
By: Pérez, Celia C.
Published: 2017
2018 Author Honor
Call number: JPerez.C
Spanish edition (La Primera Regla del Punk) call number: Spanish J Perez.C
Title: De aquí como el coquí
By: Perez, Nomar
Published: 2021
2022 Author Honor
Spanish JPicture Perez. N
Title: Becoming Naomi León
By: Ryan, Pam Munoz
Published: 2004
2006 Author Honor
Call number: J Ryan.P
Spanish edition (Yo, Naomi León) call number: Spanish J Ryan.P
Title: The Dreamer
By: Ryan, Pam Munoz
Published: 2010
2011 Author Winner
Call number: J Ryan.P
Spanish edition (El Soñador) call number: Spanish J Ryan.P
Title: Esperanza Rising
By: Ryan, Pam Munoz
Published: 2000
2002 Author Winner
Call number: J Ryan.P
Spanish edition (Esperanza renace) call number: Spanish J Ryan.P
Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
By: Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
Published: 2012
2013 Author Winner
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Saenz.B
Title: Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale
By: Tonatiuh, Duncan
Published: 2013
2014 Author Honor
Call number: JPicture Tonat.D
Title: Soldier for Equality : José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
By: Tonatiuh, Duncan
Published: 2019
2020 Author Honor
Call number: xBiog Saenz.J Tonat.D