The Pura Belpré Award is presented annually to 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. See a complete list of past Pura Belpré Award winners.
| Subject | Author | Title | Call number | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YA Author Honor | Bowles, David | The Prince & the Coyote | 2023 | ||
| Illustrator Winner | Martin, Pedro | Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir | |||
| Illustrator Honor | Trejo, Jesús | Papa's Magical Water-Jug Clock | |||
| Varela, J. Roman Pérez | Mi papá es un agrícola = My Father, the Farm Worker | ||||
| González, Xelena | Remembering | ||||
| Author Winner | Martin, Pedro | Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir | |||
| Author Honor | Arango, Andrea Beatriz | Something Like Home | |||
| Llanos, Mariana | Benita y las criaturas nocturnas | ||||
| Rodriguez, Edel | Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey | ||||
| Trejo, Jesús | Papa's Magical Water-Jug Clock | ||||
| YA Author Winner | Gilliland, Raquel Vasquez | How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe | 2022 | ||
| Tirado, Vincent | Burn Down, Rise Up | ||||
| YA Author Honor | Kemp, Lackan Zea | Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet | |||
| Mickelson, Marcia Argueta | Where I Belong | ||||
| Reyes, Sonora | The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School | ||||
| Villa, Jonny Garza | Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | González, Xelena | Where Wonder Grows` | |||
| Gonzalez, Raul | Vamos Let's Cross the Bridge | ||||
| Illustrator Honor | Denise, Anika | Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | |||
| Fajardo, Kat | Miss Quinces | ||||
| González, Karina Nicole | The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding | ||||
| Martinez, Claudia Guadalupe | Still Dreaming/Seguimos soñando | ||||
| Ortega, Mirelle | Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land | ||||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters | ||||
| Esperanza, CG | Boogie Boogie, Ya'll | ||||
| Lora, Loris | May Your Life Be Deliciosa | ||||
| Morales, Yuyi | Bright Star | ||||
| Perez, Nomar | De Aqui Como el Coqui | ||||
| Author Winner | Ortega, Claribel A. | Frizzy | |||
| Dobbs, Alda P. | Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna | ||||
| Higuera, Donna Barba | The Last Cuentista | ||||
| Author Honor | Gomera-Tavarez, Camille | High Spirits: Short Stories on Dominican Diaspora | |||
| Briseño, Stephen | The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border | ||||
| Pérez, Celia C. | Tumble | ||||
| Sylvester, Natalia | Breathe and Count Back From Ten | ||||
| YA Author Winner | Mendez, Yamile Saied | Furia | 2021 | ||
| YA Author Honor | Sanchez, Jenny Torres | We Are Not From Here | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Gonzalez, Raul | Vamos : Let's Go Eat | |||
| Illustrator Honor | Chavarri, Elisa | Sharuko: El Arqueologo Peruano | |||
| Author Winner | Cisneros, Ernesto | Efren Divided | |||
| YA Author Honor | Rivera, Lilliam | Never Look Back | 2020 | ||
| Illustrator Winner | Lopez, Rafael | Dancing Hands | |||
| Illustrator Honor | Aponte, Carlos | Across the Bay | |||
| Gonzalez, Raul | Vamos! Let's Go to the Market | ||||
| Author Winner | Hernandez, Carlos | Sal and Gabi Break the Universe | |||
| Author Honor | Balcarcel, Rebecca | The Other Half of Happy | |||
| Cervantez, Angela | Lety Out Loud | ||||
| Cuevas, Adrianna | Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez | ||||
| Denise, Anika Aldamuy | Planting Stories | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | Morales, Yuyi | Dreamers | 2019 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Espinosa, Leo | Islandborn | |||
| Quintero, Isabel | My Papi Has a Motorcycle | ||||
| Ramirez, Jose | When Angels Sing | ||||
| Author Winner | Acevedo, Elizabeth | The Poet X | |||
| Author Honor | Bowles, David | They Call Me Guero | |||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Soldier for Equality: Jose de la Luz and the Great War | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | Elya, Susan Middleton | La Princesa and the Pea | 2018 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Garcia, Adriana M. | All Around Us | |||
| Parra, John | Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos | ||||
| Author Winner | Behar, Ruth | Lucky Broken Girl | |||
| Author Honor | Cartaya, Pablo | The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora | |||
| Perez, Celia C. | The First Rule of Punk | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | Gonzalez, Raúl | Lowriders to the Center of the Earth | 2017 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Tonatiuh, Duncan | Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist | |||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes | ||||
| Author Winner | Medina, Juana | Juana & Lucas | |||
| Author Honor | Diaz, Alexandra | The Only Road | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Lopez, Rafael | The Drum Dream Girl | 2016 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Medina, Meg | Mango, Abuela, and Me | |||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | ||||
| Author Winner | Engle, Margarita | Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings | |||
| Author Honor | Medina, Meg | Mango, Abuela, and Me | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Morales, Yuyi | Viva Frida | 2015 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Guevara, Susan | Little Roja Riding Hood | |||
| Parra, John | Green is a Chile Pepper | ||||
| Rivera-Ashford. Roni / Castro, Antonio (ill.) | My Tata's Remedies = Los Remedios de Mi Tata | ||||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation | ||||
| Author Winner | Agosin, Marjorie | I Lived on Butterfly Hill | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Morales, Yuyi | Nino Wrestles the World | 2014 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Dominguez, Anglea | Maria Had a Little Llama | |||
| Lopez, Rafael | Tito Puente: Mambo King | ||||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale | ||||
| Author Winner | Medina, Meg | Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass | |||
| Author Honor | de la Pena, Matt | The Living | |||
| Engle, Margarita | The Lightning Dreamer | ||||
| Author Winner | Saenz, Benjamin A. | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | 2013 | ||
| Author Honor | Manzano, Sonia | The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano | |||
| Illustrator Honor | Lopez, Rafael | The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred | 2012 | ||
| Author Winner | Durango, Julia | Under the Mambo Moon | |||
| Author Honor | Engle, Margarita | Hurricane Dancers : The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck | |||
| Garza, Xavier | Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | Tonatiuh, Duncan | Diego Rivera: His World and Ours | 2011 | ||
| Velasquez, Eric | Grandma's Gift | ||||
| Illustrator Honor | Novesky, Amy; Diaz, David (ill.) | Me, Frida | |||
| Tafolla, Carmen | Fiesta Babies | ||||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin | ||||
| Author Winner | Ryan, Pam Munoz | The Dreamer | |||
| Author Honor | Ancona, George | Ole! Flamenco | |||
| Engle, Margarita | The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba | ||||
| Flores-Galbis, Enrique | 90 Miles to Havana | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | Lopez, Rafael | Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day | 2010 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. | Diego: Bigger Than Life | |||
| Morales, Yuyi | My Abuelita | ||||
| Parra, John | Gracias. Thanks. | ||||
| Author Winner | Alvarez, Julia | Return to Sender | |||
| Author Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. | Diego: Bigger Than Life | |||
| Lazaro, Georgina | Federico García Lorca | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | Morales, Yuyi | Just In Case | 2009 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Cordova, Amy | What Can You Do With a Rebozo | |||
| Dorros, Arthur | Papá and Me | ||||
| Gonzalez, Lucia | The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos | ||||
| Author Winner | Engle, Margarita | The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom | |||
| Author Honor | Gonzalez, Lucia | The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos | |||
| Jimenez, Francisco | Reaching Out | ||||
| Morales, Yuyi | Just In Case | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | Montes, Marisa | Los Gatos Black on Halloween | 2008 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Brown, Monica | My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez | |||
| Gonzalez, Maya Christina | My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo | ||||
| Author Winner | Engle, Margarita | The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano | |||
| Author Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T | Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life! | |||
| Deedy, Carmen Agra | Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale | ||||
| Montes, Marisa | Los Gatos Black on Halloween | ||||
| Illustrator Winner | Mora, Pat | Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart | 2006 | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T | César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! | |||
| Brown, Monica | My name is Celia : the life of Celia Cruz | ||||
| Delecre, Lulu | Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games | ||||
| Author Winner | Canales, Viola | The Tequila Worm | |||
| Author Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T | César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! | |||
| Mora, Pat | Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart | ||||
| Ryan, Pam Muñoz | Becoming Naomi León |