Pura Belpré Award winners & Honor books

Latino voices in children’s and young adult literature.

Included: Winners and Honor books, 2016–2025

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Pura Belpré Award

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  • Lola — Karla Arenas Valenti (2025) · Author · winner · Source
  • Cruzita and the Mariacheros — Ashley Granillo (2025) · Author · honor · Source
  • Ultraviolet — Aida Salazar (2025) · Author · honor · Source
  • The Dream Catcher — Marcelo Verdad (2025) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • Abuelo, the Sea, and Me — Ismée Williams (2025) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • A Maleta Full of Treasures — Natalia Sylvester (2025) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Shut Up, This Is Serious — Carolina Ixta (2025) · Young Adult Author · winner · Source
  • Libertad — Bessie Flores Zaldívar (2025) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • Wild Dreamers — Margarita Engle (2025) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir — Pedro Martín (2024) · Author · winner · Source
  • Alebrijes — Donna Barba Higuera (2024) · Author · honor · Source
  • Aniana Del Mar Jumps In — Jasminne Mendez (2024) · Author · honor · Source
  • Benita Y Las Criaturas Nocturnas — Mariana Llanos (2024) · Author · honor · Source
  • Papa's Magical Water-Jug Clock — Jesús Trejo (2024) · Author · honor · Source
  • Something Like Home — Andrea Beatriz Arango (2024) · Author · honor · Source
  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir — Pedro Martín (2024) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • Mi Papá Es Un Agrícola / My Father, the Farmworker — J. Roman Pérez Varela (2024) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Papa's Magical Water-Jug Clock — Jesús Trejo (2024) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Remembering — Xelena González (2024) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Saints of the Household — Ari Tison (2024) · Young Adult Author · winner · Source
  • The Prince and the Coyote — David Bowles (2024) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey — Edel Rodriguez (2024) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • Frizzy — Claribel A. Ortega (2023) · Author · winner · Source
  • The Coquíes Still Sing — Karina Nicole González (2023) · Author · honor · Source
  • The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border — Stephen Briseño (2023) · Author · honor · Source
  • Tumble — Celia C. Pérez (2023) · Author · honor · Source
  • Where Wonder Grows — Xelena González (2023) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • The Coquíes Still Sing — Karina Nicole González (2023) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters — Duncan Tonatiuh (2023) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land — Mirelle Ortega (2023) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Anika Aldamuy Denise (2023) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Srta. Quinces — Kat Fajardo (2023) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Still Dreaming / Seguimos Soñando — Claudia Guadalupe Martínez (2023) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Burn Down, Rise Up — Vincent Tirado (2023) · Young Adult Author · winner · Source
  • Breathe and Count Back from Ten — Natalia Sylvester (2023) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • High Spirits — Camille Gomera-Tavarez (2023) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School — Sonora Reyes (2023) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • The Last Cuentista — Donna Barba Higuera (2022) · Author · winner · Source
  • Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna — Alda P. Dobbs (2022) · Author · honor · Source
  • Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua — Gloria Amescua (2022) · Author · honor · Source
  • De aquí como el coquí — Nomar Perez (2022) · Author · honor · Source
  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge — Raúl the Third (2022) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • Boogie Boogie, Y’all — C.G. Esperanza (2022) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Bright Star — Yuyi Morales (2022) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • De aquí como el coquí — Nomar Perez (2022) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • May Your Life Be Deliciosa — Michael Genhart (2022) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe — Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (2022) · Young Adult Author · winner · Source
  • Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun — Jonny Garza Villa (2022) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet — Laekan Zea Kemp (2022) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • Where I Belong — Marcia Argueta Mickelson (2022) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • Efrén Divided — Ernesto Cisneros (2021) · Author · winner · Source
  • The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez — Adrianna Cuevas (2021) · Author · honor · Source
  • Lupe Wong Won’t Dance — Donna Barba Higuera (2021) · Author · honor · Source
  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat — Raúl the Third (2021) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano/Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello — Monica Brown (2021) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Furia — Yamile Saied Méndez (2021) · Young Adult Author · winner · Source
  • Never Look Back — Lilliam Rivera (2021) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • We Are Not from Here — Jenny Torres Sanchez (2021) · Young Adult Author · honor · Source
  • Sal and Gabi Break the Universe — Carlos Hernandez (2020) · Author · winner · Source
  • Lety Out Loud — Angela Cervantes (2020) · Author · honor · Source
  • The Other Half of Happy — Rebecca Balcárcel (2020) · Author · honor · Source
  • Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré — Anika Aldamuy Denise (2020) · Author · honor · Source
  • Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War — Duncan Tonatiuh (2020) · Author · honor · Source
  • Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln — Margarita Engle (2020) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • Across the Bay — Carlos Aponte (2020) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle — Isabel Quintero (2020) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market — Raúl the Third (2020) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • The Poet X — Elizabeth Acevedo (2019) · Author · winner · Source
  • They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems — David Bowles (2019) · Author · honor · Source
  • Dreamers — Yuyi Morales (2019) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • Islandborn — Junot Díaz (2019) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana — Michael Mahin (2019) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Lucky Broken Girl — Ruth Behar (2018) · Author · winner · Source
  • The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora — Pablo Cartaya (2018) · Author · honor · Source
  • The First Rule of Punk — Celia C. Pérez (2018) · Author · honor · Source
  • La Princesa and the Pea — Susan Middleton Elya (2018) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • All Around Us — Xelena González (2018) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos — Monica Brown (2018) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Juana & Lucas — Juana Medina (2017) · Author · winner · Source
  • The Only Road — Alexandra Diaz (2017) · Author · honor · Source
  • Lowriders to the Center of the Earth — Cathy Camper (2017) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist — Susan Wood (2017) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes — Duncan Tonatiuh (2017) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir — Margarita Engle (2016) · Author · winner · Source
  • The Smoking Mirror — David Bowles (2016) · Author · honor · Source
  • Mango, Abuela, and Me — Meg Medina (2016) · Author · honor · Source
  • Drum Dream Girl — Margarita Engle (2016) · Illustrator · winner · Source
  • My Tata’s Remedies = Los remedios de mi tata — Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford (2016) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Mango, Abuela, and Me — Meg Medina (2016) · Illustrator · honor · Source
  • Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras — Duncan Tonatiuh (2016) · Illustrator · honor · Source