Authors

2011 AWARD WINNER

• Ryan, Pam Munoz.  The dreamer.  New York: Scholastic, 2010.
  j PZ 1 R9573 dr 2010

HONOR BOOKS

• Ancona, George.  Ole! Flamenco.  New York: Lee and Low Books, 2010.
  Curr GV 1796 F55 A53 2010

• Engle, Margarita.  The firefly letters: a suffragette’s journey to Cuba.  New York: Henry Holt, 2010.
  Curr PS 3555 N4254 F57 2010

• Flores-Galbis, Enrique.  90 miles to Havana.  New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2010.
  j PZ 1 F6634 ni 2010

2010 AWARD WINNER

• Alvarez, Julia.  Return to sender.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
• j PZ 1 AL866 re

HONOR BOOKS

• Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.  Diego: bigger than life.  Illustrated by David Diaz.  Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2009.
• Curr ND 259 R5 B47 209

• Lazaro, Georgina.  Federico Garcia Lorca.  New York: Lectorum, 2009.
• Curr PQ 6613 A763 Z7365 2009

2009 AWARD WINNER

• Engle, Margarita. The surrender tree: poems of Cuba’s struggle for freedom. New York: Henry Holt, 2008.
  Curr PS 3555 N4254 S87 2008

HONOR BOOKS

• Gonzalez, Lucia M. The storyteller’s candle/ La velita de los cuentos. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press, 2008.
  jE PZ 2 G5896 st

• Jimenez, Francisco. Reaching out. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
  j PZ 1 J5644 re

• Morales, Yuyi. Just in case. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
  jE PZ 2 M7925 ju

2008 AWARD WINNER

• Engle, Margarita. The poet slave of Cuba: a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Art by Sean Qualls. New York: Henry Holt, 2006.
  Curr PS 3555 N4254 P64 2006

HONOR BOOKS

• Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. Frida: !Viva la vida! = long live life! New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2007.
  Curr ND 259 K33 B47 2007

• Deedy, Carmen Agra. Martina the beautiful cockroach: a Cuban folktale. Illustrated by Michael Austin. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, 2007.
  Curr PZ 8.1 D3782 Mar 2007

• Montes, Marisa. Los gatos black on Halloween. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2006.
  jE PZ 2 M7648 ga

2006 AWARD WINNER

• Canales, Viola. Tequila worm. New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2005.
  j PZ 1 C1603 te

HONOR BOOKS

• Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. Cesar: Si, Se Puede! Yes, We can!. Illustrated by David Diaz. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2004.
  Curr PS 3602 E7624 C47 2004

• Mora, Pat. Dona Flor: a tall tale about a giant woman with a great big heart. Illustrated by Raul Colon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
  jE PZ 2 M7908 do

• Ryan, Pam Munoz. Becoming Naomi Leon. New York: Scholastic Press, 2004.
  j PZ 1 R9573 be

2004 AWARD WINNER

• Alvarez, Julia. Before we were free. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
  j PZ 1 Al866 be

HONOR BOOKS

• Osa, Nancy. Cuba 15. New York: Delacorte Press, 2003.
  j PZ 1 Os11 cu

• Perez, Amada Irma. My Diary from here to there/Mi diario de aqui hasta alla. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco, CA: Childrens Books Press, 2002.
  jE PZ 2 P4158 m

2002 AWARD WINNER

• Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000.
  j PZ 1 R9573 es

HONOR BOOKS

• Alarcon, Francisco X. Iguanas in the snow and other winter poems. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press, 2001.
  Curr PS 3551 L22 I39 2001

• Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking through. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
  j PZ 1 J5644 br

2000 AWARD WINNER

• Ada, Alma Flora. Under the royal palms: a childhood in Cuba. New York: Atheneum Books, 1998.
  Curr PS 3551 D22 Z475 1998

HONOR BOOKS

• Alarcon, Francisco X. From the bellybutton of the moon and other summer poems: del ombligo de la luna y otro poemas de verano. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco, CA: Children Book Press, 1998.
  Curr PS 3551 L22 F76 1998

• Herrera, Juan Felipe. Laughing out loud, I fly: poems in English and Spanish. Illustrated by Karen Barbour. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
  Curr PS 3558 E74 L38 1998

1998 AWARD WINNER

• Martinez, Victor. Parrot in the oven. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
  j PZ 1 M3665 pa

HONOR BOOKS:

• Alarcon, Francisco X. Laughing tomatoes and other spring poems: jitomates risuenos y otros poemas de primavera. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press, 1997.
  Curr PS 3551 L22 L38 1997

• Martinez, Floyd. Spirits of the high mesa. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1997.
  j PZ 1 M3662 sp

1996 AWARD WINNER

• Cofer, Judith Ortiz. An island like you: stories of the barrio. New York: Orchard Books, 1995.
  j PZ 1 Or84 is

HONOR BOOKS:

• Gonzalez, Lucia. The bossy gallito = El gallo de bodas: a traditional Cuban folktale. New York : Scholastic Inc., 1994.
  Curr PZ 74.1 G76 1994

• Soto, Gary. Baseball in April and other stories. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.
  j PZ 1 So784 ba