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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85 books
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2025 · Illustrator · Honor
Abuelo, the Sea, and Me
By Ismée Williams
Illustrated by Tatiana Gardel
Buy on Amazon2025 · Illustrator · Honor
A Maleta Full of Treasures
By Natalia Sylvester
Illustrated by Juana Medina
Buy on Amazon2024 · Author · Winner; 2024 · Illustrator · Winner
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By Pedro Martín
Buy on Amazon2024 · Author · Honor
Benita Y Las Criaturas Nocturnas
By Mariana Llanos
Illustrated by Cocoretto
Spanish-language edition selected by the award.
Buy on Amazon2024 · Author · Honor; 2024 · Illustrator · Honor
Papa's Magical Water-Jug Clock
By Jesús Trejo
Illustrated by Eliza Kinkz
Buy on Amazon2024 · Illustrator · Honor
Mi Papá Es Un Agrícola / My Father, the Farmworker
By J. Roman Pérez Varela
Illustrated by José B. Ramírez
Original bilingual English–Spanish edition.
Buy on Amazon2024 · Illustrator · Honor
Remembering
By Xelena González
Illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia
Buy on Amazon2024 · Young Adult Author · Honor
The Prince and the Coyote
By David Bowles
Illustrated by Amanda Mijangos
Buy on Amazon2023 · Author · Honor; 2023 · Illustrator · Honor
The Coquíes Still Sing
By Karina Nicole González
Illustrated by Krystal Quiles
Buy on Amazon2023 · Author · Honor
The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border
By Stephen Briseño
Illustrated by Magdalena Mora
Buy on Amazon2023 · Illustrator · Winner
Where Wonder Grows
By Xelena González
Illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia
Buy on Amazon2023 · Illustrator · Honor
A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters
By Duncan Tonatiuh
Buy on Amazon2023 · Illustrator · Honor
Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
By Anika Aldamuy Denise
Illustrated by Loris Lora
Buy on Amazon2023 · Illustrator · Honor
Srta. Quinces
By Kat Fajardo
Spanish-language edition selected by the award.
Buy on Amazon2023 · Illustrator · Honor
Still Dreaming / Seguimos Soñando
By Claudia Guadalupe Martínez
Illustrated by Magdalena Mora
Translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
Buy on Amazon2023 · Young Adult Author · Honor
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
By Sonora Reyes
Buy on Amazon2022 · Author · Honor
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
By Gloria Amescua
Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Buy on Amazon2022 · Author · Honor; 2022 · Illustrator · Honor
De aquí como el coquí
By Nomar Perez
Translated by Farah Perez
Spanish-language edition selected by the award.
Buy on Amazon2022 · Illustrator · Winner
¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge
By Raúl the Third
Original bilingual English–Spanish edition.
Buy on Amazon2022 · Illustrator · Honor
May Your Life Be Deliciosa
By Michael Genhart
Illustrated by Loris Lora
Buy on Amazon2022 · Young Adult Author · Winner
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe
By Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Buy on Amazon2022 · Young Adult Author · Honor
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun
By Jonny Garza Villa
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Lists and sources
Browse the included records below. Award years refer to the award, not the publication date.
Pura Belpré Award
- 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