Wednesday, June 05, 2013

International Latino Book Awards 2013- CHILDREN, YOUTH, & YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARDS



CHILDREN, YOUTH, & YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARDS

Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book – English
FIRST PLACE LightKeepers to the Rescue!, Marisa de Jesús Paolicelli; A Caribbean Experience Con Amor; USA
SECOND PLACE Sofia’s Awesome Tamale Day, Albert Monreal Quihuis; Albert Monreal Quihuis; USA
HONORABLE MENTION How Hollyhocks Came to New Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya; Rio Grande Books; USA

Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book – Spanish or Bilingual
FIRST PLACE Conoce a Simón Bolívar, Edna Iturralde; Alfaguara Grupo Santillana USA; Ecuador
HONORABLE MENTION Pelito: The Move • La Mudanza, Abraham Urias; Lito Publishing; El Salvador

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – English
FIRST PLACE  The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pat Mora; Illustrators: Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher; Random House Children’s Books;
SECOND PLACE  Grandpa Lolo’s Navajo Saddle Blanket, Nasario García; University of New Mexico Press;
SECOND PLACE  Walking Through a World of Aromas, Ariel Andrés Almada; Illustrator: Sonja Wimmer; Cuento de Luz;
HONORABLE MENTION Mom Goes to War, Irene Aparici; Illustrator: Mónica Carretero; Cuento de Luz;
HONORABLE MENTION LightKeepers to the Rescue!, Marisa de Jesús Paolicelli; A Caribbean Experience Con Amor; USA
HONORABLE MENTION Life is Beautiful!, Ana Eulate; Illustrator: Nívola Uyá; Cuento de Luz;

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – Bilingual
FIRST PLACE Guacamole, Jorge Argueta & Margarita Sada; Groundwood Books; El Salvador (Native Salvadoran & Pipil Nahua Indian)
SECOND PLACE  Micaela: Despertar en Poesía • Waking Up to Poetry, Adalucía; Cholita Prints and Publishing Company; Perú
HONORABLE MENTION Periquito, The Story of Little Parakeet, Georgette Baker; Cantemos;

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – Spanish
FIRST PLACE Cocorina y El Puchero Mágico, Mar Pavón; Illustrator: Mónica Carretero; Cuento de Luz;
SECOND PLACE Egipto, Pau Joan Hernández; Fernando Vicente; Editorial Combel;
HONORABLE MENTION Soy Feliz, Alberto Agraso & Mony Dojeiji; Walking for Peace Publishing;

Best Children’s Nonfiction Picture Book
FIRST PLACE Diego Rivera: His World and Ours, Duncan Tonatiuh; Abrams Books For Young Readers; Mexico
SECOND PLACE Conoce a Miguel de Cervantes, Edna Iturralde; Alfaguara Grupo Santillana USA; Ecuador
HONORABLE MENTION La Malinche, Francisco Serrano; Groundwood Books; Mexico, Canada

Best Educational Children’s Picture Book – English
FIRST PLACE Spike, the Mixed-Up Monster, Susan Hood; Simon & Schuster, Books for Young Readers; USA
HONORABLE MENTION LightKeepers to the Rescue!, Marisa de Jesús Paolicelli; A Caribbean Experience Con Amor; Puerto Rico
HONORABLE MENTION Mom Goes to War, Irene Aparici; Illustrator: Mónica Carretero; Cuento de Luz;

Best Educational Children’s Picture Book – Spanish or Bilingual
FIRST PLACE ¡Nos Divertimos con la Ciencia!, Ángels Navarro; Editorial Combel;
SECOND PLACE Colores Everywhere!, Madeleine Budnick; Trinity University Press;
HONORABLE MENTION Hello Círculos!, Madeleine Budnick; Trinity University Press;

Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book
FIRST PLACE The Sky of Afghanistan, Ana Eulate; Illustrator: Sonja Wimmer; Cuento de Luz; Spain
SECOND PLACE Mom Goes to War, Irene Aparici; Illustrator: Mónica Carretero; Cuento de Luz;
HONORABLE MENTION Micaela: Despertar en Poesía • Waking Up to Poetry, Adalucía; Cholita Prints and Publishing Company; Perú

Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book
FIRST PLACE Border Town #1: Crossing the Line, Malin Alegria; Scholastic Books;
SECOND PLACE Pueblo Fronterizo No 1: Cruzar el Limite, Malin Alegria; Scholastic Books;

Best Youth Chapter Fiction Book – English
FIRST PLACE Love, Amalia, Alma Flor Ada; Simon & Schuster, Books for Young Readers; Cuba
SECOND PLACE Calling Him Dad, Virginia Kamhi; WPR Books; USA

Best Youth Chapter Fiction Book – Spanish or Bilingual
FIRST PLACE Oro, Incienso y Mirra, Ariel González Calzada; Floricanto Press; Cuba

Most Inspirational Youth Chapter Book
FIRST PLACE Calling Him Dad, Virginia Kamhi; WPR Books; USA

Best Young Adult Fiction Book
FIRST PLACE When The Guns Fell Silent, Edna Iturralde; WPR Publishing; Ecuador
SECOND PLACE A Thunderous Whisper, Christina Diaz Gonzales; Random House Children’s Books;
HONORABLE MENTION Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Saenz; Simon & Schuster, Books for Young Readers; USA
HONORABLE MENTION  The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano, Sonia Manzano; Scholastic Books;
HONORABLE MENTION Ciudad de Huérfanos, Avi; Editorial Bambu;

Best Young Adult Nonfiction Book
FIRST PLACE The Pregnancy Project, Gaby Rodriguez with Jenna Glatzer; Simon & Schuster, Books for Young Readers; USA

Best Educational Young Adult Book
FIRST PLACE Puberman El Enfrentamiento, Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent; Illustrator: Ivan Chacon; Villegas Editores;
SECOND PLACE Lectura de textos: Análisis e Interpretación. Narrativa, Poesía, Drama y Ensayo. Siglo XX, Eugenia Muñoz; Pearson Learning Solutions; USA, Colombian Ancestro

Most Inspirational Young Adult Book
FIRST PLACE The Day of Yesterday, Edna Iturralde; WPR Publishing; Ecuador
SECOND PLACE El Sendero Hacia el Exito!, Daniel Ramirez;
HONORABLE MENTION Micaela: Despertar en Poesía • Waking Up to Poetry, Adalucía; Cholita Prints and Publishing Company; Peru



3 comments:

Alma Flor Ada said...

Very nice to be in such wonderful company! And what a joy that Latino literature has grown so much from those early days in the 1970s when it was so difficult to find books that depicted our children and youth and their culture! Congratulations to all who have made this celebration possible!
www.almaflorada.com

Julia said...

this is wonderful!
I invite you to the Latino Children's and Young Adult Literature and Literacies Conference at the University of South Carolina Sept 27-28...featuring Sonia Nieto AND Monica Brown. http://www.ed.sc.edu/latinoconf/default.asp

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand said...

This is a wonderful list of books.

I would like to be in your list of authors.