LibGuides: Pura Belpré Awards: 1990s

Pura Belpré Awards

1996, 1998

1996

Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto
Call Number: J-Fiction SO (Juvenile fiction)
ISBN: 9780152057206
Publication Date: 1990-04-15
A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto; Susan Guevara (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SOT (Easy fiction)
ISBN: 9780399226588
Publication Date: 1995-03-21
To get the "ratoncitos," little mice who have moved into the barrio, to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.

Pablo Remembers : the Fiesta of the Day of the Dead illustrated by George Ancona
El Gallo de Bodas : a Traditional Cuban Folktale illustrated by Lulu Delacre
Cuadros de Familia illustrated by Carmen Lomas Garza

Parrot in the Oven : mi vida : a novel by Victor Martinez (As told to)
Call Number: J-Fiction MA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060267063
Publication Date: 1996-10-30
Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.

Spirits of the High Mesa by Floyd Martinez
Call Number: J-Fiction MA (Juvenile fiction)
ISBN: 9781558851986
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
In this moving coming-of-age novel set in rural New Mexico, the young protagonist, Flavio, is torn between the seductiveness of progress and new technology and his loyalty to village traditions so steadfastly preserved by his grandfather, El Grande.

Em mi Familia illustrated by Carmen Lomas Garza
The Golden Flower : a Taino Myth from Puerto Rico illiustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez
Gathering the Sun : an Alphabet in Spanish and English by Simón Silva

The Golden Flower : a Taino myth from Puerto Rico by Nina Jaffe; Enrique O. Sanchez (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XJA (Easy fiction)
ISBN: 9780689804694
Publication Date: 1996-06-01
This myth explains the origin of the sea, the forest, and the island now called Puerto Rico.
Gathering the Sun : an alphabet in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada; Simon Silva (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XAD (Easy fiction and Spanish language (Amo Leer))
ISBN: 9780688139049
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
A book of poems about working in the fields and nature's bounty, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet.