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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author Winner | Ixta, Carolina | Shut Up, This Is Serious | Fic I97sh | 2024 | |
| Author Honor | Zaldívar, Bessie Flores | Libertad | Fic Z22Li | ||
| YA Author Honor | Bowles, David | The Prince & the Coyote | Fic B7878pr | 2023 | |
| Illustrator Winner | Martin, Pedro | Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir | 741.5973 M382me | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Trejo, Jesús | Papa's Magical Water-Jug Clock | E T787pa | ||
| Varela, J. Roman Pérez | Mi papá es un agrícola = My Father, the Farm Worker | 468.6421 V293mi | |||
| González, Xelena | Remembering | E G6438re | |||
| Author Winner | Martin, Pedro | Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir | 741.5973 M382me | ||
| Author Honor | Arango, Andrea Beatriz | Something Like Home | Fic A6623so | ||
| Llanos, Mariana | Benita y las criaturas nocturnas | 468.6421 L791be | |||
| Rodriguez, Edel | Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey | 92 R696ro | |||
| Trejo, Jesús | Papa's Magical Water-Jug Clock | E T787pa | |||
| YA Author Winner | Gilliland, Raquel Vasquez | How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe | Fic V335ho / ebook | 2022 | |
| Tirado, Vincent | Burn Down, Rise Up | Fic T596bu | |||
| YA Author Honor | Kemp, Lackan Zea | Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet | Fic K32so | ||
| Mickelson, Marcia Argueta | Where I Belong | Fic M625wh | |||
| Reyes, Sonora | The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School | Fic R457Le | |||
| Villa, Jonny Garza | Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun | Fic V712fi | |||
| Illustrator Winner | González, Xelena | Where Wonder Grows` | E G6438wh | ||
| Gonzalez, Raul | Vamos Let's Cross the Bridge | 468.6421 R245vac / ebook | |||
| Illustrator Honor | Denise, Anika | Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 92 O15de | ||
| Fajardo, Kat | Miss Quinces | 741.5973 F175mi | |||
| González, Karina Nicole | The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding | E G643co | |||
| Martinez, Claudia Guadalupe | Still Dreaming/Seguimos soñando | 468.6421 M3847st | |||
| Ortega, Mirelle | Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land | E O773ma | |||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters | 741.64749745 T663La | |||
| Esperanza, CG | Boogie Boogie, Ya'll | E E767bo / ebook | |||
| Lora, Loris | May Your Life Be Deliciosa | 468.6421 G329ma / ebook | |||
| Morales, Yuyi | Bright Star | 468.6421 M828br / ebook | |||
| Perez, Nomar | De Aqui Como el Coqui | 468.6421 P4385aq | |||
| Author Winner | Ortega, Claribel A. | Frizzy | 741.5973 O77fr | ||
| Dobbs, Alda P. | Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna | Fic D632ba | |||
| Higuera, Donna Barba | The Last Cuentista | Fic H6389La | |||
| Author Honor | Gomera-Tavarez, Camille | High Spirits: Short Stories on Dominican Diaspora | Fic G633hi | ||
| Briseño, Stephen | The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border | 468.6421 B859no | |||
| Pérez, Celia C. | Tumble | Fic P4376tu | |||
| Sylvester, Natalia | Breathe and Count Back From Ten | Fic S985br | |||
| YA Author Winner | Mendez, Yamile Saied | Furia | Fic M5385fu | 2021 | |
| YA Author Honor | Sanchez, Jenny Torres | We Are Not From Here | Fic T6935we | ||
| Illustrator Winner | Gonzalez, Raul | Vamos : Let's Go Eat | 468.6421 R245ve | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Chavarri, Elisa | Sharuko: El Arqueologo Peruano | 92 T277sh | ||
| Author Winner | Cisneros, Ernesto | Efren Divided | Fic C5795ef | ||
| YA Author Honor | Rivera, Lilliam | Never Look Back | Fic R6213ne | 2020 | |
| Illustrator Winner | Lopez, Rafael | Dancing Hands | 92 C314en | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Aponte, Carlos | Across the Bay | E A6445ac | ||
| Gonzalez, Raul | Vamos! Let's Go to the Market | 468.6421 R245va | |||
| Author Winner | Hernandez, Carlos | Sal and Gabi Break the Universe | Fic H5567sa | ||
| Author Honor | Balcarcel, Rebecca | The Other Half of Happy | Fic B174ot | ||
| Cervantez, Angela | Lety Out Loud | Fic C419Le | |||
| Cuevas, Adrianna | Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez | Fic C9655to | |||
| Denise, Anika Aldamuy | Planting Stories | 92 B4523de | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Morales, Yuyi | Dreamers | 92 M828mo | 2019 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Espinosa, Leo | Islandborn | E D542is | ||
| Quintero, Isabel | My Papi Has a Motorcycle | E Q7my | |||
| Ramirez, Jose | When Angels Sing | 92 S232ma | |||
| Author Winner | Acevedo, Elizabeth | The Poet X | Fic A1744po | ||
| Author Honor | Bowles, David | They Call Me Guero | 811.6 B787th | ||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Soldier for Equality: Jose de la Luz and the Great War | 92 S1275to | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Elya, Susan Middleton | La Princesa and the Pea | 468.6421 E52pr | 2018 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Garcia, Adriana M. | All Around Us | E G6438al | ||
| Parra, John | Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos | 92 K122br | |||
| Author Winner | Behar, Ruth | Lucky Broken Girl | Fic B4193Lu | ||
| Author Honor | Cartaya, Pablo | The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora | Fic C322ep | ||
| Perez, Celia C. | The First Rule of Punk | Fic P4376fi | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Gonzalez, Raúl | Lowriders to the Center of the Earth | 741.5973 C195Lot | 2017 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Tonatiuh, Duncan | Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist | 92 E775wo | ||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes | 398.20897452 T663pr | |||
| Author Winner | Medina, Juana | Juana & Lucas | Fic M4898ju | ||
| Author Honor | Diaz, Alexandra | The Only Road | Fic D542on | ||
| Illustrator Winner | Lopez, Rafael | The Drum Dream Girl | 811.54 E58dr | 2016 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Medina, Meg | Mango, Abuela, and Me | 468.6421 M4913ma | ||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | 92 T663to | |||
| Author Winner | Engle, Margarita | Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings | 92 E58en | ||
| Author Honor | Medina, Meg | Mango, Abuela, and Me | 468.6421 M4913ma | ||
| Illustrator Winner | Morales, Yuyi | Viva Frida | 92 K122mo | 2015 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Guevara, Susan | Little Roja Riding Hood | 468.6421 E52Li | ||
| Parra, John | Green is a Chile Pepper | E T4865gr | |||
| Rivera-Ashford. Roni / Castro, Antonio (ill.) | My Tata's Remedies = Los Remedios de Mi Tata | 468.6421 R6213my | |||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation | 379.263 T663se | |||
| Author Winner | Agosin, Marjorie | I Lived on Butterfly Hill | Fic A275ia | ||
| Illustrator Winner | Morales, Yuyi | Nino Wrestles the World | 468.6421 M828ni | 2014 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Dominguez, Anglea | Maria Had a Little Llama | 468.6421 D6697ma | ||
| Lopez, Rafael | Tito Puente: Mambo King | 468.6421 B879ti | |||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale | E T663pa | |||
| Author Winner | Medina, Meg | Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass | Fic M491ya | ||
| Author Honor | de la Pena, Matt | The Living | Fic P397Li | ||
| Engle, Margarita | The Lightning Dreamer | Fic E58Li | |||
| Author Winner | Saenz, Benjamin A. | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | Fic S1273ar | 2013 | |
| Author Honor | Manzano, Sonia | The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano | Fic M296re | ||
| Illustrator Honor | Lopez, Rafael | The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred | 468.6421 V216ca | 2012 | |
| Author Winner | Durango, Julia | Under the Mambo Moon | 811.6 D9493un | ||
| Author Honor | Engle, Margarita | Hurricane Dancers : The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck | 811.54 E58hu | ||
| Garza, Xavier | Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel | 468.6421 G2453ma | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Tonatiuh, Duncan | Diego Rivera: His World and Ours | 92 R621to | 2011 | |
| Velasquez, Eric | Grandma's Gift | E V434gr | |||
| Illustrator Honor | Novesky, Amy; Diaz, David (ill.) | Me, Frida | 92 K122no | ||
| Tafolla, Carmen | Fiesta Babies | 468.6421 T124fi | |||
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin | 468.6421 T663de | |||
| Author Winner | Ryan, Pam Munoz | The Dreamer | Fic R9894dr | ||
| Author Honor | Ancona, George | Ole! Flamenco | 793.319468 A542ol | ||
| Engle, Margarita | The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba | 811.54 E58fi | |||
| Flores-Galbis, Enrique | 90 Miles to Havana | Fic F634ni | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Lopez, Rafael | Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day | 468.6421 M827bo | 2010 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. | Diego: Bigger Than Life | 92 R621be | ||
| Morales, Yuyi | My Abuelita | E J735my | |||
| Parra, John | Gracias. Thanks. | 468.6421 M827gr | |||
| Author Winner | Alvarez, Julia | Return to Sender | Fic A473re | ||
| Author Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. | Diego: Bigger Than Life | 92 R621be | ||
| Lazaro, Georgina | Federico García Lorca | 468.6421 L431fe | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Morales, Yuyi | Just In Case | E M8282ju | 2009 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Cordova, Amy | What Can You Do With a Rebozo | 468.6421 T124wh | ||
| Dorros, Arthur | Papá and Me | E D7163pa | |||
| Gonzalez, Lucia | The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos | 468.6421 G643st | |||
| Author Winner | Engle, Margarita | The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom | 811.54 E58su | ||
| Author Honor | Gonzalez, Lucia | The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos | 468.6421 G643st | ||
| Jimenez, Francisco | Reaching Out | Fic J615re | |||
| Morales, Yuyi | Just In Case | E M8282ju | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Montes, Marisa | Los Gatos Black on Halloween | 468.6421 M779ga | 2008 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Brown, Monica | My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez | 92 G216br | ||
| Gonzalez, Maya Christina | My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo | 468.6421 G6432my | |||
| Author Winner | Engle, Margarita | The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano | 811.54 E58po | ||
| Author Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T | Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life! | 92 K122be | ||
| Deedy, Carmen Agra | Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale | 468.6421 D311ma | |||
| Montes, Marisa | Los Gatos Black on Halloween | 468.6421 M779ga | |||
| Illustrator Winner | Mora, Pat | Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart | E M827do | 2006 | |
| Illustrator Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T | César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! | 468.6421 B528ce | ||
| Brown, Monica | My name is Celia : the life of Celia Cruz | 468.6421 B879my | |||
| Delecre, Lulu | Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games | 468.6421 A7785 | |||
| Author Winner | Canales, Viola | The Tequila Worm | Fic C212te | ||
| Author Honor | Bernier-Grand, Carmen T | César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! | 468.6421 B528ce | ||
| Mora, Pat | Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart | E M827do | |||
| Ryan, Pam Muñoz | Becoming Naomi León | Fic R9894be |