The 2012 Pura Belpré Award Winners

Last month this year's winners of the Pura Belpré Award were announced. I am so excited that both the Author and the Illustrator Awards went to two excellent books reviewed on the LBBC last year, as was one of the Illustrator Honor Books. I am eager to read the other honor books and share them with my children. If you are looking for some good reading this month, take a look at these titles. To read the LBBC reviews, click on the linked titles. Also, you can watch the video made by Rafael López on our sister site, MommyMaestra.com.

2012 Author Award Winner

Under the Mesquite

by Guadalupe García McCall

2012 Illustrator Award Winner

Diego Rivera: His World and Ours

by Duncan Tonatiuh

2012 Author Honor Books

Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck

by Margarita Engle

Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel:

A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller

by Xavier Garza

2012 Illustrator Honor Books 

The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred

illustrated by Rafael López

written by Samantha R. Vamos

Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match /Marisol McDonald no combina

illustrated by Sara Palacios

written by Monica Brown