Pura Belpré award winners, both author and illustrator, are part of Archer Library's juvenile collection. Explore Belpré Award books in the juvenile collection by searching for "Pure Belpré Award" in the library catalog. Award winners by year are featured below.
Year | Title | Illustrator | Call Number |
2010 | Book Fiesta! | Lopez, Rafael | PZ73.M638 Bo 2009 |
2011 | Grandma's Gift | Velasquez, Eric | PZ7.V4878 Gpn 2010 |
2012 | Diego Rivera: His World and Ours | Tonatiuh, Duncan | ND259.R5T57 2011 |
2013 | Martin de Porres | Diaz, David | BX4700.M397 S46 2012 |
2014 | Nino Wrestles the World | Morales, Yuyi | PZ7.M7881927 Nin 2013 |
2015 | Viva Frida | Morales, Yuyi | ND259.K33 M66 2014 |
2016 | The Drum Dream Girl | Lopez, Rafael | PZ8.3.E623 Dru 2015 |
2017 | Lowriders to the Center of the Earth | Gonzalez, Raul | PZ7.7.C363 Lr 2016 |
2018 | La Princesa and the Pea | Martinez-Neal, Juana | PZ8.3 .E514 Pr 2017 |
2019 | Dreamers | Morales, Yuri | E184.M5 M67 2018 |
2020 | Dancing Hands | Lopez, Rafael | ML3930.C2635 E55 2019 |
2021 | ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat | Bay, Elaine | PZ7.G6527 Val 2020 |
2022 | ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge | Bay, Elaine | PZ7.R383 Vam 2021 |
Year | Title | Illustrator | Call Number |
1996 | Chato's Kitchen | Guevera, Susan | |
1998 | Snapshots from the Wedding | Garcia, Stephanie | |
2000 | Magic Windows | Garza, Carmen Lomas | E185.M5 L59 1999 |
2002 | Chato and the Party Animals | Guevara, Susan | |
2004 | Just a Minute | Morales, Yuyi | PZ8.1.M7955 Ju 2003 |
2006 | Dona Flor: A Tall Tale | Colon, Raul | |
2008 | Los Gatos Black on Halloween | Morales, Yuyi | PZ8.3.M775 Gat 2006 |
2009 | Just in Case | Morales, Yuyi | PZ7.M78823 Ju 2008 |
The Pura Belpre award was given biannually between 1996 and 2008; there is no award for 2007.
Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
2010 | Return to Sender | Alverez, Julia | PZ7.A48 Re 2009 |
2011 | The Dreamer | Ryan, Pam Munoz | PZ7.R9553 Dr 2010 |
2012 | Under the Mesquite | McCall, Guadalupe Garcia | PZ7.5.M4295 Und 2011 |
2013 | Aristotle & Dante | Saenz, Benjamin Alire | PZ7.S1273 Ar 2012 |
2014 | Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass | Medina, Meg | PZ7.M51278 Yaq 2013 |
2015 | I Lived on Butterfly Hill | Agosin, Marjorie | PZ7.A2686 Iah 2014 |
2016 | Enchanted Air | Engle, Margarita | PS3555.N4254 Z46 2015 |
2017 | Juana and Lucas | Medina, Juana | PZ7.M51276 Ju 2016 |
2018 | Lucky Broken Girl | Behar, Ruth | PZ7.B3878 Luc 2017 |
2019 | The Poet X | Acevedo, Elizabeth | PZ7.5.A348 Po 2018 |
2020 | Sal and Gabi Break the Universe | Hernandez, Carlos | |
2021 | Efrén Divided | Cisneros, Ernesto | |
2022 | The Last Cuentista | Higuera, Donna Barba | PZ7.H5468 Las 2021 |
Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
1996 | An Island Like You | Ortiz, Judith Cofer | |
1998 | Parrot in the Oven: mi vida | Martinez, Victor | |
2000 | Under the Royal Palms | Ada, Alma Flora | PS3551.D22 Z475 1998 |
2002 | Esperanza Rising | Ryan, Pam Munoz | PZ7.R9553 Es 2000 |
2004 | Before We Were Free | Alvarez, Julia | PZ7.A48 Be 2002 |
2006 | The Tequila Worm | Canalas, Viola | PZ7.C161643 Te 2005 |
2008 | The Poet Slave of Cuba | Engle, Margarita | PS3555.N4254 P64 2006 |
2009 | The Surrender Tree | Engle, Margarita | PS355.N4254 S87 2008 |
The Pura Belpre award was given biannually between 1996 and 2008; there is no award for 2007.
"This award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, 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" (ALSC, Pura Belpré Award, 2022).