Pura Belpré Award
Awarded annually and co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children ( ALSC ), a division of the American Library Association ( ALA ), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking ( REFORMA ), an American Library Association Affilliate.
The Pura Belpre Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latin/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children.
For the first year of the Award's existence, titles were selected from books published between 1990 - 1995. Subsecquent awards will be presented every two years therafter.
| Year | Author | Illustrator |
| 2004 | Julia Alvarez for Before We Were Free | Yuyi Morales for Just a Minute |
| 2002 | Pam Munoz Ryan for Esperanza Rising | Susan Guevara for Chato and the Party Animals by Gary Soto |
| 2000 | Alma Flor Ada for Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba | Carmen Lomas Garza for Magic Windows |
| 1998 | Victor Martinez for Parrot in the Oven: mi vida | Stephanie Garcia for Snapshots from the Wedding by Gary Soto |
| 1996 | Judith Ortiz Cofer for An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio | Gary Soto for Baseball in April, and Other Stories |
