The International Latino Book Awards

This year’s International Latino Book Awards were presented this past May during the BookExpo America in New York City. The ILBA was created to honor literary excellence in a variety of areas. Here are this year’s winners:

Best Educational Children’s Book - English

The Song of the Coconut by Adalucía. Cholita Prints & Publishing Co.

Best Educational Children’s Book - Spanish

Quiero Ser Poeta by Rafael Garcia Jolly, José Carbonell Pla, Antonia Moreno, María D. Torres Bañuls. Letra Rosa

2ND Place: El secreto del dorado by Maria Villegas y Jennie Kent. Villegas Asociados S.A.

Honorable Mention: Figúrate: Animales, Fantasía y Mundo by María Villegas y Jennie Kent. Villegas Asociados

Best Educational Children’s Book - Bilingual

Dealing With Insults / Qué Hacer con los Insultos by Marianne Johnson. Rosen Publishing/Buenas Letras

2ND Place: Teo in Palo Verde by Adam Del Rio. Lectura Books

2ND Place: Ronaldinho by José María Obregón. Rosen Publishing/Buenas LetrasHonorable Mention: Las Abejas by Katie Franks. Rosen Publishing/Buenas Letras

Best Children’s Picture Book – English

Abuelos by Pat Mora. Groundwood Books

2ND Place: The Secret Legacy by Rigoberta Menchú. Groundwood Books

Honorable Mention: Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning. Clarion Books

Best Children’s Picture Book – Spanish

Los Tres Reyes De Oriente by Lluis Farre. Bambú

2ND Place: El mejor mariachi del mundo by J. D. Smith. Raven Tree Press

Honorable Mention: Mira, Mira by Angels Navarr. Bambú

Best Children’s Picture Book – Bilingual

Rachel and the Lion by Stephanie Lainez. Story House Books

2ND Place: Colors!¡Colores! by Jorge Luján. Groundwood Books

Honorable Mention: The Storyteller’s Candle by Lucia Gonzalez. Children’s Book Press

Best Young Adult Fiction – English

Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos. Atheneum/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

2ND Place: Amor and Summer Secrets by Diana Rodriguez Wallach. Kensington Publishers

Honorable Mention: Mr. Clean and the Barrio by David Bueno-Hill. Urbano Books

Best Young Adult Fiction – Spanish or Bilingual

El Asunto Galindo by Fernando Lalana. Bambú

2ND Place: Odisea by Albert Jané. Combel Editorial, S. A

Honorable Mention: Carlito’s Story by Max Benavidez & Katherine Del Monte. Lectura Books

Honorable Mention: No sapiens by Ariel González. Libros en Red

Best Young Adult Nonfiction - English

The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy by Al Rivera. Author House

Best Young Adult Sports/Recreation – English

Soccer’s Story & A Futbol Fable by Gil Sperry. Amigo del Mar Press

Best Young Adult Sports/Recreation – Spanish or Bilingual

Go Milka Go! ¡Corre, Milka, Corre! by Raquel Benatar. Renaissance House