[kids-lib] Pura Belpré Award

[Violeta GARZA]

Agreed! It was a lovely educational experience and I'd love to see us do
another one in the future. :D

Violeta

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:47 AM, <tanenz at comcast.net> wrote:

> Thank you Martín for your quick update to us. Determining eligibility of
> author and/or illustrator can be very tricky. I see "The Smoking Mirror,"
> written by David Bowles wasn’t even on our radar. The ALA committee really
> needs to have a wide net to consider contenders. Nonetheless we did a great
> job, and maybe were the only group to do and post a Mock Pura Belpré.
>
>
>
> Saludos,
>
> Hope
>
>
>
> *From:* Kids-lib [mailto:kids-lib-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On
> Behalf Of *Marti´n Blasco
> *Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2016 9:35 AM
> *To:* Latino Services; reforma_or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us;
> kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> *Subject:* [kids-lib] Pura Belpré Award
>
>
>
> Buenos días a tod at s:
>
>
>
> The following is the ALA press release about the Latino illustrator and
> author winner of the Pura Belpré Award:
>
>
>
> Pura Belpre Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose
> children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural
> experience:
>
>
>
> Pura Belpre (Illustrator) Award
>
> "The Drum Dream Girl," illustrated by Rafael Lopez, is the Belpre
> Illustrator Award winner.  The book was written by Margarita Engle and
> published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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>
>
> Three Belpre Illustrator Honor Books were selected: "My Tata's Remedies =
> Los remedios de mi tata," illustrated by Antonio Castro L., written by Roni
> Capin Rivera-Ashford and published by Cinco Puntos Press; "Mango, Abuela,
> and Me," illustrated by Angela Dominguez, written by Meg Medina and
> published by Candlewick Press: and "Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the
> Dead Calaveras," illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh and published
> by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.
>
>
>
> Pura Belpre (Author) Award:
>
> "Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir," written by Margarita
> Engle, is the Belpre Author Award winner. The book is published by Atheneum
> Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's
> Publishing Division.
>
>
>
> Two Belpre Author Honor Books were named: "The Smoking Mirror," written by
> David Bowles and published by IFWG Publishing, Inc.; and "Mango, Abuela,
> and Me," written by Meg Medina, illustrated by Angela Dominguez and
> published by Candlewick Press.
>
>
>
> I want to mention that we were very close in the selection of authors and
> illustrators during the Mock Pura Belpré Award.
>
> However, one of the Illustrator Honor Books selected in the ALA Midwinter
> Conference, *My Tata’s Remedies / Los remedios de mi tata *by Antonio
> Castro L.  which was included in the list of suggested books to be voted
> for the Mock Pura Belpré Award, was eliminated from the list before the
> election.  At the beginning of the selection I mentioned that beautiful
> book to all of you as *not *eligible to compete because the illustrator
> was born in Mexico and because I couldn’t find anywhere a reference of
> where he lives (everything indicated that his residence was still in
> Mexico, thus I assumed that his residence was still in that country). My
> fault, I should have called to Cinco Puntos Press to get more info. A
> lesson for me and a disappointment, especially because it’s a beautiful
> informative story, very well written and illustrated,  and representative
> of our Latino culture. This definitely was a learning experience.
>
>
>
> Have a great week,
>
>
>
> Martín
>
>
>
> Martín Blasco
>
> Outreach Librarian for Latino and Youth Services Program
>
> Washington County Cooperative Library Services | 503-681-5093
>
> martinb at wccls.org | facebook.org/bibliotecaswccls
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>
>
> “Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon
> the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the
> book."
>
> “Por favor, no importa cuanto avanzamos tecnologicamente, no abandonen al
> libro. En nuestro mundo material, no hay nada más hermoso que un libro”.
>
> *Patti Smith *(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction)”
>
>
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Violeta Garza
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Bilingual Youth Librarian | Bibliotecaria Bilingüe para Niños y Jóvenes
Troutdale Library  |  Biblioteca de Troutdale
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"What if stories were for everyone? What if the cover of a book that looked
'different' or 'too girly' or 'too ethnic' was seen not as a deterrent, but
an invitation to step outside of oneself?"
--Renee Watson, author
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