Pura Belpré Award Winners

The Pura Belpré Award is presented yearly to up to three Latinx authors or illustrators "whose work best portrays the Latino cultural experience in a work of literature for children or youth."

These are the winners from 2015 - 2021.
Efrén Divided book cover

Efrén Divided
Ernesto Cisneros
2021 Winner

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Social Justice
  • Mexico
  • America
Reserve Book
¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat book cover

¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat
Raúl the Third
2021 Winner

  • Food
  • Animals
  • Latin-American
Reserve Book
Furia book cover

Furia
Yamile Saied Méndez
2021 Winner

  • Soccer
  • Realistic Fiction
  • Argentina
  • Feminism
Reserve Book
Dancing Hands book cover

Dancing Hands
Margarita Engle
2020 Winner

  • Music
  • Non-Fiction
  • Biography
Reserve Book
Sal & Gabi Break the Universe book cover

Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
Carlos Hernandez
2020 Winner

  • Fantasy
  • Science Fiction
  • Mythology
  • Humor
Reserve Book
Dreamers book cover

Dreamers
Yuyi Morales
2019 Winner

  • Family
  • Non-Fiction
  • Memoir
Reserve Book
The Poet X book cover

The Poet X
Elizabeth Avecedo
2019 Winner

  • Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Coming of Age
  • Romance
Reserve Book
La Princesa & the Pea book cover

La Princesa & the Pea
Susan Middleton Elya
2019 Winner

  • Fairy Tales
  • Bilingual
  • Fantasy
Reserve Book
Juana & Lucas book cover

Juana & Lucas
Juana Medina
2017 Winner

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Family
  • Columbia
  • Humor
Reserve Book
Enchanted Air book cover

Enchanted Air
Margarita Engle
2016 Winner

  • Poetry
  • Memoir
  • History
  • Cold War
Reserve Book
Drum Dream Girl book cover

Drum Dream Girl
Margarita Engle
2016 Winner

  • Music
  • Biography
  • History
Reserve Book
Viva Frida book cover

Viva Frida
Yuyi Morales
2015 Winner

  • Biography
  • Art
  • History
Reserve Book
I Lived on Butterfly Hill book cover

I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Marjorie Agosín
2015 Winner

  • Historical Fiction
  • Chile
  • Maine
  • War
Reserve Book