Américas Award, 1993-2019
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1993 -- portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States
Sponsored by Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
- 3,711 Resources including
- 263 Videos
- 203 Book Readings
- 461 Lesson Plans
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Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales(Honor, 2003)
35 Resources6 Awards
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López(Commended, 2016)
33 Resources8 Awards
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
by Duncan Tonatiuh(Winner, 2015)
32 Resources12 Awards
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
by Duncan Tonatiuh(Honor, 2016)
30 Resources13 Awards
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
by Margarita Engle(Commended, 2016)
29 Resources9 Awards
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López(Commended, 2018)
28 Resources4 Awards
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
by Margarita Engle(Commended, 2014)
27 Resources5 Awards
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle and Sean Qualls(Winner, 2006)
27 Resources3 Awards
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
by Margarita Engle(Winner, 2009)
27 Resources5 Awards
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe(Commended, 2017)
26 Resources9 Awards
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale
by Duncan Tonatiuh(Honor, 2014)
26 Resources8 Awards
Storyteller's Candle, The / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre(Honor, 2009)
26 Resources6 Awards
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz(Commended, 2013)
24 Resources10 Awards
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
by Duncan Tonatiuh(Commended, 2017)
24 Resources9 Awards
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
by Monica Brown and John Parra(Commended, 2018)
24 Resources5 Awards
My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz / Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz
by Monica Brown and Rafael López(Winner, 2004)
22 Resources2 Awards
Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales(Winner, 2003)
22 Resources4 Awards
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport(Winner, 2017)
21 Resources5 Awards
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba
by Margarita Engle(Honor, 2011)
21 Resources4 Awards
Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book
by Yuyi Morales(Winner, 2009)
21 Resources4 Awards
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck
by Margarita Engle(Winner, 2012)
21 Resources3 Awards
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes
by Juan Felipe Herrera and Raúl Colón(Commended, 2015)
21 Resources3 Awards
Enrique's Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother
by Sonia Nazario(Commended, 2014)
20 Resources3 Awards
Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made it from the Dominican Republic All the Way to…
by Matt Tavares(Honor, 2016)
20 Resources5 Awards
Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, rey del mambo
by Monica Brown and Rafael López(Commended, 2014)
19 Resources4 Awards
Yum! MmMm! Que Rico!: America's Sproutings
by Pat Mora and Rafael López(Winner, 2008)
19 Resources2 Awards