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<p class="MsoNormal">1<sup>st</sup> Place Author: <b>The Interpreter</b> by Olivia Abtahi, illustrated by Monica Arnaldo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1<sup>st</sup> Place Illustrator: <b>Paka Paka Con La Papa</b> by Sara Andrea Fajardo, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Brandace Rojo</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
(she/ella)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Communications & Partnership Manager<br>
<a href="https://www.reformaoregonchapter.org/"><span style="color:blue">REFORMA Oregon</span></a> Past President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Phone</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">: 541-476-0571 x114
<b>Fax: </b>541-479-0685<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:brojo@josephinelibrary.org"><span style="color:blue">brojo</span><span lang="FR" style="color:blue">@josephinelibrary.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#1F847D">“En algún lugar de un libro, hay una frase esperándonos para darle sentido a la existencia.”
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#1F847D">― Miguel de Cervantes,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Brandace Rojo
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 22, 2025 1:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'libs-or@omls.oregon.gov' <libs-or@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2025 Oregon Mock Pura Belpré Awards winners<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to everyone who joined <a href="https://www.reformaoregonchapter.org/">
REFORMA Oregon</a> for the 2025 Oregon Mock Pura Belpré Awards sponsored by the State Library of Oregon and hosted by Happy Valley Library!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1<sup>st</sup> Place Author: <b>The Interpreter</b> by Olivia Abtahi, illustrated by Monica Arnaldo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1<sup>st</sup> Place Illustrator: <b>Frida Kahlo's Flower Crown</b> by Nydia Armendia-Sánchez, illustrated by Loris Lora<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Honorable mentions<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Author: <b>Crack Goes the Cascarón</b> by Sara Andrea Fajardo, illustrated by Rocío Arreola Mendoza<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Illustrator: <b>Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown</b> by Nydia Armendia-Sánchez, illustrated by Loris Lora<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Brandace Rojo</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
(she/ella)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Communications & Partnership Manager<br>
<a href="https://www.reformaoregonchapter.org/"><span style="color:blue">REFORMA Oregon</span></a> Past President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Phone</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">: 541-476-0571 x114
<b>Fax: </b>541-479-0685<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:brojo@josephinelibrary.org"><span style="color:blue">brojo</span><span lang="FR" style="color:blue">@josephinelibrary.org</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#1F847D">“En algún lugar de un libro, hay una frase esperándonos para darle sentido a la existencia.”
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#1F847D">― Miguel de Cervantes,
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