Wednesday, September 13, 2017

International Latino Book Awards 2017 Winners


Congratulations to all the ganadores. 
This is the Children, Youth & Young Adult categories. To see the complete list of winners visit, https://latino247mediagroup.app.box.com/s/agu2sbk5neg5d2yt70u5z4ogb2f479fd

CHILDREN, YOUTH, & YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARDS

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Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book
FIRST PLACE- ¡Todos a comer! A Mexican Alphabet Book, Dr. María Alma González Pérez; Del Alma Publications, LLC; USA/Mexican
SECOND PLACE - The Art of Memory, Various Authors; Lectura Books
HONORABLE MENTION - La leyenda de la sirena Colombiana, Janet Balletta; WRB Publishing; USA of Colombian & PR descent; PSL, FL

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – Bilingual
FIRST PLACE- Somos como las nubes / We Are Like The Clouds, Jorge Argueta; Groundwood Books; El Salvador; San Francisco
SECOND PLACE- Waiting for the Biblioburro / Esperando el Biblioburro, Monica Brown; Illustrator: John Parra; Tricycle Books; Peruvian-American
HONORABLE MENTION- Mamá the Alien / Mamá la extraterrestre, René Colato Laínez; Lee & Low, Inc.: Children’s Book Press; El Salvador; Los Angeles
HONORABLE MENTION -Walk With Me, Jairo Buitrago; Groundwood Books; Mexico; San Francisco

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – English
FIRST PLACE- The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet, Carmen Agra Deedy; Scholastic Books; USA; Atlanta
SECOND PLACE- Little Captain Jack, Alicia Acosta & Mónica Carretero; nubeOCHO; España; Malaga. Segovia
HONORABLE MENTION- How Will I Talk To Abuela, María de la Luz Reyes; USA/Mexican-American; San Diego CA

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book – Spanish
FIRST PLACE- La siesta perfecta, Pato Mena; nubeOCHO; Chile; Barcelona
SECOND PLACE- El mejor es mi papá, Georgina Lázaro de León; Illustrator Marcela Calderón; Santillana USA Publishing Company; Cuba
HONORABLE MENTION- Cartas en el bosque, Susanna Isern; Illustrator: Daniel Montero; Cuento de Luz; Spain
HONORABLE MENTION- Cómo escapar de Halloween, Tere Dávila; Illustrations: Ada Montañez; ; Puerto Rico
HONORABLE MENTION- Ser como el bambú, Ismael Cala; HarperCollins Publishers; Cuba; Miami

Best Children’s Nonfiction Picture Book
FIRST PLACE- Pablo Pineada, Alberto Bosch and María Sala; Illustrator: Silvia Álvarez; Cuento de Luz; SpainSpanish
SECOND PLACE- Conoce a Bernardo de Gálvez, Guillermo Fesser; Illustrator Alejandro Villén; Santillana USA Publishing Company; Spain; New York
SECOND PLACE- Conoce a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Edna Iturralde; Illustrator María Jesús Álvarez; Santillana USA Publishing Company; Ecuador
HONORABLE MENTION- ¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! / Olinguito, from A to Z!, Lulu Delacre; Lee & Low, Inc.: Children’s Book Press; Puerto Rico/Latina; Washington DC
HONORABLE MENTION-  Rubén Darío, Georgina Lázaro; Lectorum Publications, Inc.; Puerto Rico; Ponce

Best Educational Children’s Picture Book
FIRST PLACE- It Starts With a Raindrop / Comienza con una gota de lluvia, Michael Smith; East West Discovery Press; USA
SECOND PLACE- Estrellitas y Nopales / Little Stars and Cactus, José Chavez; Archway Publishing; USA/Latino; Riverside, Los Angeles
HONORABLE MENTION- Veva y El Castor, Carlos F. Tarrac; Unique Artistic Creations Showcase; Mexico
HONORABLE MENTION- Where Love Begins, Helen Nieto Philips; Lectura Books

Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book
FIRST PLACE- I Matter / Yo importo, Georgette Baker; Cantemos; ARUBA, East Indian
SECOND PLACE- Margarito’s Forest, Andy Carter; Hard Ball Press; United States/England; Chicago
SECOND PLACE- Pum Pum hice daño a la luna, Luis Amavisca & Esther G. Madrid; nubeOCHO; España; Roma, Madrid
HONORABLE MENTION- Arturo, el niño fantasma, Liana Fornier De Serres; Uruguay-Francia; Orlando FL

Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book
FIRST PLACE- El caso de Los Reyes Magos, Alidis Vicente; Arte Publico Press; USA-Puerto Rico

Best Youth Chapter Fiction Book – English
FIRST PLACE- Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words, Margarita Engle; Simon & Schuster; Cuba; Clovis, CA
SECOND PLACE- Return Fire, Christina Diaz Gonzalez; Scholastic Books;  Miami
HONORABLE MENTION- Allie, First at Last, Angela Cervantes; Scholastic Books; USA; Kansas City
HONORABLE MENTION- Ghosts, Raina Telgemeir; Scholastic Books; USA; San Francisco
HONORABLE MENTION- The Islands Where The Moon Is Born, Edna Iturralde; WPR Publishing; Ecuador; New York
HONORABLE MENTION- The Only Road, Alexandra Diaz; Simon & Schuster; US/Cuba; Santa Fe, NM

Best Youth Chapter Fiction Book – Spanish
FIRST PLACE- Juana & Lucas, Juana Medina; Candlewick Press; Colombia
SECOND PLACE- Las aventuras de Períco Píco, Natalia Carbajosa; Raspabook Editorial; Spain

Best Youth Chapter Nonfiction Book
FIRST PLACE- The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition, Reyna Grande; Simon & Schuster; Mexico; Los Angeles CA
SECOND PLACE- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Primera mujer hispana en el Congreso, Silvia Lopez, Designed by Verónica Cabrera; ; Cuban/ Cuban American; Miami Florida

Best Young Adult Latino Focused Book
FIRST PLACE- Labyrinth Lost, Zoraida Córdova; Sourcebooks, Inc.; Ecuador
SECOND PLACE- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, Erika L. Sánchez; Alfred A. Knopf Publishing; Mexico
SECOND PLACE- Rise of the Jaguar Woman, Lee. E. Cart; Ek’ Balam Press; USA/ American raised in Mexico
HONORABLE MENTION- The GO Between, Veronica Chambers; Delacorte Press; Afro-Latina Heritage

Best Young Adult Fiction Book – English
FIRST PLACE- The Memory of Light, Francisco X. Stork; Scholastic Books; USA; Boston/Florida
SECOND PLACE- When the Moon Was Ours, Anna-Marie McLemore; Thomas Dunne Books; USA/Mexican; Sacramento CA
HONORABLE MENTION- The Hunted, Matt de la Peña; Delacorte Press
HONORABLE MENTION-  The Missing, Cynthia Pelayo; Post Mortem Press; Puerto Rico

Best Young Adult Fiction Book – Spanish
FIRST PLACE-  En el Reino de la Garúa, Emilio del Carril; País Invisible-editores; Puerto Rico
SECOND PLACE- El bosque iluminado, Edwin Fontánez; Exit Studio Publishing Co.; Puerto Rico; Washington DC

Best Young Adult Nonfiction Book
FIRST PLACE-  I Got This, Laurie Hernandez; HarperCollins Publishers; US; NTC

Most Inspirational Young Adult Book
FIRST PLACE-  Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words, Margarita Engle; Atheneum Books; US-Cuba
SECOND PLACE- Bajo el paraguas azul, Elena Martínez Blanco; Nowevolution Editorial; Spain
HONORABLE MENTION-  Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child, Children’s Edition, Emma González; ; US, Mexican Descent; McAllen, TX

Best Book Written by a Youth
FIRST PLACE-  I Got This, Laurie Hernandez; HarperCollins Publishers; US; NTC


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