Americas Award

This award recognizes U.S. published works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected nonfiction (from picture books to works for young adults) that authentically and engagingly relate to Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the U.S.

Past Winners:

1998

Barrio: Jose's Neighborhood by George Ancona

(Harcourt Brace)

Mama and Papa Have a Store by Amelia Lau Carling

(Dial)

1997

The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez

(University of New Mexico Press)

The Face at the Window by Regina Hanson

(Clarion)

1996

In My Family/En mi familia by Carmen Lomas Garza

(Children's Book Press)

Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez

(Harper Collins)

1995

Tonight, by Sea by Frances Temple

(Orchard)

1994

The Mermaid's Twin Sister by Lynn Joseph

(Clarion)

1993

Vejigante Masquerader by Lulu Delacre

(Scholastic)

 

 

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