Américas Award Explained

Américas Award
Awarded For:Encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use
Presenter:Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, coordinated by Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Vanderbilt University’s Center for Latin American Studies
Country:United States
Year:1993

The Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is literary award presented annually that recognizes high quality "children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use." It was first awarded in 1993 by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).[1] The award is presented annually at a ceremony at the Library of Congress during Hispanic Heritage Month, along with coordinating workshops for teachers.[2]

History

The Américas Award was proposed in 1992 within the Teaching and Outreach Committee of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs.[3] Julie Kline, at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, served as the committee chair for the first 3 years of the award and then went on to be the award coordinator for many years.[4] Coordination for the award later moved to Latin American Studies centers at Tulane and Vanderbilt Universities.[5] A full research collection of all winning, honor, and commended titles is kept and maintained by the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at the Golda Meir Library.[6] [7]

Criteria and Eligibility

The award judges will evaluate books based on

  1. Distinctive literary quality;
  2. Cultural contextualization;
  3. Exceptional integration of text, illustration and design;
  4. Potential for classroom use.[8]

In order to be eligible for the award, a title must meet the following criteria:

Recipients

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TitleAuthorIllustratorPublisherResult
<-- Year --> 1993 Vejigante Masquerader ScholasticWinner
Abuela's Weave Lee & Low BooksCommended
Celebrating the Hero Lodestar BooksCommended
For the Life of Laetitia Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
Hue Boy Dial PressCommended
Bradbury PressCommended
Radio Man HarperCollinsCommended
<-- Year --> 1994 Clarion BooksWinner
Alexandro's Gift Chronicle BooksCommended
Angel's Kite / La estrella de Ángel Children's Book PressCommended
Beyond the Ancient Cities Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
Billy Houghton MifflinCommended
ScholasticCommended
Caribbean Alphabet William Morrow & CompanyCommended
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States (ed.) Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
Clarion BooksCommended
De Colores and Other Latin American Folksongs for Children Dutton BooksCommended
Feliz Nochebuena, Feliz Navidad Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
How Music Came to the World: An Ancient Mexican Myth Houghton MifflinCommended
How Night Came from the Sea: A Story from Brazil Little, Brown and CompanyCommended
The Hummingbird's Gift and Timothy Rhodes and Juan Hilario Silva Hyperion BooksCommended
I have a news (ed.) William Morrow & CompanyCommended
Imagining Isabel Lodestar BooksCommended
Juan Bobo: Four Folktales from Puerto Rico HarperCollinsCommended
The Legend of the Poinsettia G. P. Putnam's SonsCommended
Lights on the River Hyperion BooksCommended
Not a Copper Penny in Me House: Poems from the Caribbean Boyds Mills PressCommended
My Two Worlds Clarion BooksCommended
Over Here It's Different: Carolina's Story Macmillan PublishingCommended
Pablo's Tree Macmillan PublishingCommended
Platero y yo / Platero and I Clarion BooksCommended
Ransom for a River Dolphin Lerner PublishingCommended
Rata-Pata-Scata-Fata: A Caribbean Story Little, Brown and CompanyCommended
BridgeWater BooksCommended
Rio Grande Stories Harcourt BraceCommended
Clarion BooksCommended
Saturday Market Lothrop, Lee & ShepardCommended
G. P. Putnam's SonsCommended
Tap-Tap Clarion BooksCommended
Holiday HouseCommended
Tukama Tootles the Flute: A Tale from the Antilles Orchard BooksCommended
Voices from the Fields : Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories Little, Brown and CompanyCommended
Walking Stars: Stories of Magic and Power Arte Público PressCommended
When the Monkeys Came Back Atheneum BooksCommended
Where the Flame Trees Bloom Atheneum BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 1995 Tonight, by Sea Orchard BooksWinner
Orchard BooksHonor
Chato's Kitchen G. P. Putnam's SonsHonor
Heart of a Jaguar Simon & SchusterHonor
Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas Children's Book PressCommended
Canto familiar Harcourt BraceCommended
and Grace Nichols (eds.) Candlewick PressCommended
Carlos, Light the Farolito Clarion BooksCommended
Simon & SchusterCommended
Hyperion BooksCommended
Fernando's Gift / El Regalo de Fernando Sierra Club Books for ChildrenCommended
Fiesta U.S.A. Lodestar BooksCommended
Northland PublishingCommended
Hi Philomel BooksCommended
How Iwariwa the Cayman Learned to Share: A Yanomami Myth Clarion BooksCommended
Indio Harcourt BraceCommended
Isla / La isla Dutton BooksCommended
Juan Bobo and the Horse of Seven Colors: a Puerto Rican Legend Troll AssociatesCommended
Troll AssociatesCommended
Mediopollito / Half-Chicken DoubledayCommended
My First Book of Proverbs / Mi primer libro de dichos and Ana Ruiz Children's Book PressCommended
Pedro Fools the Gringo and Other Tales of a Latin American Trickster and Tona Wilson Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
People of Corn: A Mayan Story Little, Brown and CompanyCommended
<-- Year --> 1996 In My Family / En mi familia Children's Book PressWinner
Parrot in the Oven HarperCollinsWinner
Down by the River: Afro-Caribbean Rhymes, Games and Songs for Children ScholasticHonor
So Loud a Silence Lodestar BooksHonor
Alphabet City BalletCommended
Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope and Ginger Gordon Clarion BooksCommended
Barrio Streets, Carnival Dreams: Three Generations of Latino Artistry Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
HarperCollinsCommended
Hyperion BooksCommended
Little, Brown and CompanyCommended
Houghton MifflinCommended
Chave's Memories: Los Recuerdos De Chave Arte Público PressCommended
Confetti: Poems For Children Lee & Low BooksCommended
Darkfright Atheneum BooksCommended
Elena Hyperion BooksCommended
Firefly Summer Arte Público PressCommended
Harcourt BraceCommended
Going Home HarperCollinsCommended
Simon & SchusterCommended
Golden Tales: Myths, Legends and Folktales from Latin America / De oro y esmeraldas: mitos, leyendas y cuentos popules de latinoamérica ScholasticCommended
Good News Hampton-BrownCommended
Hooray, a Piñata Dutton BooksCommended
In Rosa's Mexico Alfred A. KnopfCommended
Jade and Iron: Latin American Tales from Two Cultures Groundwood Books / Douglas & McIntyre LtdCommended
Jalapeño Bagels Atheneum BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 1997 University of New Mexico PressWinner
Clarion BooksWinner
Fruits: A Caribbean Counting Poem Henry Holt and CompanyHonor
Mayeros: A Yucatec Maya Family William Morrow & CompanyHonor
Angela Weaves a Dream: The Story of a Young Maya Artist Hyperion BooksCommended
Baseball in the Barrio Gulliver Books / Harcourt BraceCommended
Lee & Low BooksCommended
Buried Onions Harcourt BraceCommended
Butterfly Boy Boyds Mills PressCommended
Carlos and the Skunk / Carlos Y El Zorrillo Rising MoonCommended
CelebrateIn Central America and Diane Hall Lothrop, Lee & ShepardCommended
Cocoa Ice Orchard BooksCommended
Turtle BooksCommended
Cuckoo / Cucu, trans. by Gloria de Aragón Andújar Harcourt BraceCommended
Day of the Dead Harcourt BraceCommended
Dear Abuelita / Querida Abuelita RigbyCommended
Diez Deditos and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America (ed.) Dutton BooksCommended
From Father to Son / De padre a hijo RigbyCommended
Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet In Spanish And English Lothrop, Lee & ShepardCommended
Grannie Jus' Come Children's Book PressCommended
I Am Of Two Places / Soy de dos lugares and Mary Cappellini (eds.) RigbyCommended
Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates Risuenos y Otros Poemas de Primavera Children's Book PressCommended
Lodestar BooksCommended
Doubleday DellCommended
Mexico's Marvelous Corn / El maravilloso maíz de México RigbyCommended
Novio Boy Harcourt BraceCommended
Perdito's Day Orchard BooksCommended
Señor Cat's Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America ScholasticCommended
Spirits of the High Mesa Arte Público PressCommended
RigbyCommended
Tomás and the Library Lady Alfred A. KnopfCommended
Where Fireflies Dance / Ahi, Donde Bailan Las Lucienagas Children's Book PressCommended
White bread competition Piñata BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 1998 Barrio: José’s Neighborhood Harcourt BraceWinner
Mama and Papa Have a Store Dial PressWinner
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella Simon & SchusterHonor
Big bushy mustache Alfred A. KnopfCommended
Big Moon Tortilla Boyds Mills PressCommended
Caribbean Dream G. P. Putnam's SonsCommended
Turtle BooksCommended
Doctor Bird: Three Lookin' Up Tales from Jamaica Philomel BooksCommended
Fiesta Fireworks Lothrop, Lee & ShepardCommended
From the Bellybutton of the Moon: And Other Summer Poems / Del Ombligo de la Luna: Y Otros Poemas de Verano Children's Book PressCommended
Rising MoonCommended
Greetings, Sun and David Gershator DK InkCommended
Liliana's Grandmothers Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
Lolo & Red-legs Rising MoonCommended
Houghton MifflinCommended
Houghton MifflinCommended
Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound of Our Sisterhood Hyperion BooksCommended
Momentos Magicos: Tales from Latin America Told in English and Spanish August HouseCommended
Petty Crimes Harcourt BraceCommended
Marshall CavendishCommended
Tío Armando and Roxanne Heide Pierce Lothrop, Lee & ShepardCommended
Under The Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba Atheneum BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 1999 CrashBoomLove University of New Mexico PressWinner
Cuba: After the Revolution Dutton BooksHonor
Magic Windows / Ventanas mágicas Children's Book PressHonor
A Is for the Americas and Terri de la Peña Orchard BooksCommended
Angels Ride Bikes: And Other Fall Poems / Los Angeles Andan en Bicicleta: Y Otros Poemas de Otoño Children's Book PressCommended
Asphalt Angels, trans. by Wanda Boeke Front Street PressCommended
Carnaval Harcourt BraceCommended
Erandi's Braids G. P. Putnam's SonsCommended
I'm José and I'm Okay: Three Stories from Bolivia, trans. by Laura McKenna Yatiyawi Studios Kane/MillerCommended
Island in the Sun and Lord Burgess Dial PressCommended
It Doesn't Have to Be This Way: A Barrio Story / No tiene que ser asi: Una historia del barrio Children's Book PressCommended
Two days in May Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
<-- Year --> 2000 HarperCollinsWinner
Groundwood BooksWinner
Esperanza Rising ScholasticHonor
My Very Own Room / Mi propio cuarto Children's Book PressHonor
Houghton MifflinCommended
Cuban Kids Marshall CavendishCommended
Icy Watermelon / Sandia Fria Piñata Books, Arte Público PressCommended
Mi Hija, Mi Hijo, El Aguila, La Paloma: Un Canto Azteca / My Daughter, My Son, the Eagle, the Dove: An Aztec Chant Dutton BooksCommended
Pedro and Me Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
Roadrunner's Dance Hyperion BooksCommended
Salsa Stories ScholasticCommended
<-- Year --> 2001 Children's Book PressWinner
Breaking Through Houghton MifflinWinner
In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys Clarion BooksHonor
Harvest Marshall CavendishCommended
Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems Children's Book PressCommended
Delacorte PressCommended
Mama does the mambo Hyperion BooksCommended
Uncle Rain Cloud CharlesbridgeCommended
<-- Year --> 2002 Before We Were Free Alfred A. KnopfWinner
Behind the Mountains Orchard BooksHonor
Frida ScholasticHonor
Flight to Freedom Orchard BooksCommended
Grandma and Me at the Flea / Los Meros Meros Remateros Children's Book PressCommended
I love Saturdays y domingos Atheneum BooksCommended
Alfred A. KnopfCommended
Me in the Middle, trans. by David Unger Groundwood BooksCommended
Messengers of Rain and Other Poems from Latin America (ed.) Groundwood BooksCommended
My Diary From Here to There / Mi diario de aqui hasta alla Children's Book PressCommended
Lee & Low BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 2003 Just a Minute Chronicle BooksWinner
Farrar, Straus & GirouxWinner
Cuba 15 Delacorte PressHonor
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez HarcourtHonor
HarcourtCommended
and Casimiro de la Cruz López Bear Cub BooksCommended
Groundwood BooksCommended
Murals: Walls that Sing Marshall CavendishCommended
Xochitl and the Flowers / Xochitl, la Nina de las flores Children's Book PressCommended
<-- Year --> 2004 My Name is Celia / Me llamo Celia Luna RisingWinner
Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood Cinco Puntos PressWinner
Call Me María Orchard BooksHonor
Becoming Naomi León ScholasticCommended
Boyds Mills PressCommended
Elena's Serenade Atheneum BooksCommended
Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
University of New Mexico PressCommended
Cinco Puntos PressCommended
<-- Year --> 2005 Cinnamon Girl: letters found inside a cereal box Joanna Cotler Books, HarperCollinsWinner
Clarion BooksHonor
Random HouseHonor
Julio's Magic HarperCollinsCommended
Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask Cinco Puntos PressCommended
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates Atheneum BooksCommended
Sawdust Carpets / Alfombras de aserrín Groundwood BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 2006 Josias, Hold the Book Boyds Mills PressWinner
Henry Holt and CompanyWinner
What the Moon Saw Delacorte PressHonor
Behind the Eyes Dutton BooksCommended
Call Me Henri Curbstone PressCommended
Crossing the Wire HarperCollinsCommended
Random HouseCommended

Joe Hayes and Sharon Franco (trs.)		 SantillanaCommended
with Dante Liano Domi Groundwood BooksCommended
Letters to My Mother Groundwood BooksCommended
Roaring Brook PressCommended
My Feet Are Laughing Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
My Little Car G. P. Putnam's SonsCommended
Domi Groundwood BooksCommended
Surprising Cecilia and Denise Gonzales Abraham Cinco Puntos PressCommended
Talking with Mother Earth / Hablando con madre tierra Groundwood BooksCommended
To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
<-- Year --> 2007-2008 Red Glass Delacorte PressWinner
Lee & Low BooksWinner
Nochecita / Little Night Roaring Brook PressHonor
Raining Sardines Roaring Brook PressHonor
Abuelita, Full of Life / Abuelita, Ilena de Vida Luna RisingCommended
Alfredito regresa volando a su casa / Alfredito Flies Home Groundwood BooksCommended
Angelina's Island Frances Foster Books, Farrar, Straus & GirouxCommended
Capoeira: GameDance! Martial Art Lee & Low BooksCommended
CampanitaCommended
Come Look with Me: Latin American Art CharlesbridgeCommended
Marshall CavendishCommended
Hip, Hip, Hooray, It's Monsoon Day/ ¡Ajua, Ya Llego El Chubasco! Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum PressCommended
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale / Martina Una Cucarachita Muy Linda: Un Cuento Cubano PeachtreeCommended
My Colors, My World / Mis Colores, Mi Mundo Children's Book PressCommended
My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez / Me llamo Gabit: La vida de Gabriel García Márquez Luna RisingCommended
N is for Navidad and Merry Banks Chronicle BooksCommended
Nana's Big Surprise / Nana, ¡Qué Sorpresa Children's Book PressCommended
Old Dog, trans. by David Unger Groundwood BooksCommended
Sacred Leaf Groundwood BooksCommended
Groundwood BooksCommended
Touching Snow Atheneum BooksCommended
Tricycle Groundwood BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 2009 Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book Roaring Brook PressWinner
Henry Holt and CompanyWinner
Alfaguara / SantillanaHonor
Dark Dude Atheneum BooksHonor
Children's Book PressHonor
Animal Poems of the Iguazú / Animalario del Iguazú Children's Book PressCommended
Arco Iris de Poesía: Poemas de las Américas y España (ed.) Lectorum PublicationsCommended
Baila, Nana, Baila / Dance, Nana, Dance: Cuban Folktales in English and Spanish Cinco Puntos PressCommended
Cesar Chavez: Crusader for Social Change Compass Point BooksCommended
Dial Press / PenguinCommended
Divali Rose Boyds Mills PressCommended
Dolores Huerta: Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist Compass Point BooksCommended
Down to the Bone HarperCollinsCommended
Facts of Life HarcourtCommended
He Forgot to Say Goodbye Simon & SchusterCommended
Kitchen Dance Clarion BooksCommended
Pablo (Cuando los Grandes Eran Pequeños) Lectorum PublicationsCommended
Peace Jam: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace and Dawn Gifford Engle Puffin / PenguinCommended
Cinco Puntos PressCommended
Reaching Out Houghton MifflinCommended
with Dante Liano Domi Groundwood BooksCommended
Cinco Puntos PressCommended
Voices in First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity (ed.), Flavio Morais Atheneum BooksCommended
Simon & SchusterCommended
What Can You Do With a Rebozo? Tricycle PressCommended
<-- Year --> 2010 Return to Sender Alfred A. KnopfWinner
What Can You Do With a Paleta? / ¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta? Tricycle PressWinner
Gringolandia Curbstone PressHonor
I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama Children's Book PressHonor
My Papa Diego and Me: Memories of My Father and His Art / Mi pap Diego y yo: Recuerdos de mi padre y su arte and Diego Rivera Children's Book PressHonor
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 Atheneum BooksCommended
Book FiestaCelebrate Children's Day/Book Day / Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros HarperCollins / RayoCommended
Braids / Trencitas Lectorum PublicationsCommended
Confetti Girl Little, Brown and CompanyCommended
Diego: Bigger Than Life Marshall CavendishCommended
Marshall CavendishCommended
Grandmother, Have the Angels Come? Little, Brown and CompanyCommended
Jorge Luis Borges Lectorum PublicationsCommended
Journey of Dreams Frances Lincoln Children's BooksCommended
Marcelo in the Real World Arthur A. Levine BooksCommended
Muchacho Alfred A. KnopfCommended
My Abuelita HarcourtCommended
RayoCommended
Clarion BooksCommended
Arte Público PressCommended
Sonia Sotomayor: A judge grows in the Bronx / Sonia Sotomayor: la juez que creció en el Bronx Atheneum BooksCommended
Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup Groundwood BooksCommended
Tan to Tamarind Children's Book PressCommended
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
Victoria Goes to Brazil Frances Lincoln Children's BooksCommended
We Were Here Delacorte PressCommended
<-- Year --> 2011 Clemente Henry Holt and CompanyWinner
Henry Holt and CompanyWinner
Henry Holt and CompanyHonor
Arroz con Leche: Un poema para cocinar / Rice Pudding: A Cooking Poem Groundwood BooksCommended
Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia Beach LaneCommended
Cinco Puntos PressCommended
Dear Primo Abrams BooksCommended
Dizzy in your Eyes: Poems about Love Alfred A. KnopfCommended
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti Orchard BooksCommended
Fiesta Babies Tricycle PressCommended
From North to South / Del norte al Sur Children's Book PressCommended
Grandma's Gift BloomsburyCommended
Alfred A. KnopfCommended
ScholasticCommended
Me, Frida Abrams BooksCommended
Domi Groundwood BooksCommended
OleFlamenco Lee & Low BooksCommended
Star in the Forest Delacorte PressCommended
<-- Year --> 2012 Hurricane Dancers Henry Holt and CompanyWinner
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People Henry Holt and CompanyWinner
Under the Mesquite Lee & Low BooksHonor
and María Virginia Farinango Delacorte PressHonor
Sylvia and Aki Tricycle PressCommended
<-- Year --> 2013 ScholasticWinner
Martín de Porres, the Rose in the Desert Clarion BooksHonor
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Simon & SchusterCommended
Drummer Boy of John John Lee & Low BooksCommended
In Darkness BloomsburyCommended
<-- Year --> 2014 Parrots Over Puerto Rico Lee & Low BooksWinner
Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People Abrams BooksHonor
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote Abrams BooksHonor
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass Candlewick PressCommended
Maria Had A Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo RayoCommended
Houghton Mifflin HarcourtCommended
Enrique's Journey Delacorte PressCommended
Round Is a Tortilla Chronicle BooksCommended
Serafina's Promise ScholasticCommended
<-- Year --> 2015 Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation Abrams BooksWinner
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal Houghton Mifflin HarcourtWinner
Migrant Abrams BooksHonor
StrikeThe Farm Workers’ Fight for their Rights Calkins CreekHonor
A de Activista Triangle SquareCommended
Abuelo HarperCollinsCommended
Caminar Candlewick PressCommended
Dalia's Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravillosa de Dalia Piñata BooksCommended
Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life Clarion BooksCommended
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces Cinco Puntos PressCommended
Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors Chronicle BooksCommended
I Lived on Butterfly Hill Atheneum BooksCommended
Letters from Heaven / Cartas del Cielo Arte Público PressCommended
Lowriders in Space Chronicle BooksCommended
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes Dial PressCommended
Running PressCommended
Viking PressCommended
<-- Year --> 2016 Echo ScholasticWinner
Out of Darkness Carolrhoda LabWinner
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras Abrams BooksHonor
Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made it from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues Candlewick PressHonor
ScholasticCommended
Dream Things True St. Martin's GriffinCommended
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music Houghton Mifflin HarcourtCommended
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir Atheneum BooksCommended
Finding the Music / En pos de la música Lee & Low BooksCommended
Island Treasures Atheneum BooksCommended
Maya's Blanket / La manta de Maya Lee & Low BooksCommended
My Tata's Remedies / Los remedios de mi tata Cinco Puntos PressCommended
Salsa: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem, trans. by Elisa Amado Groundwood BooksCommended
Algonquin BooksCommended
ScholasticCommended
Two White Rabbits Groundwood BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 2017 Simon & SchusterWinner
Ada's Violin Simon & SchusterWinner
Malaika's Costume Groundwood BooksHonor
Simon & SchusterHonor
Burn Baby Burn Candlewick PressCommended
Juana & Lucas Candlewick PressCommended
Lion Island Simon & SchusterCommended
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth Chronicle BooksCommended
Mamá the Alien / Mamá La Extraterrestre Children's Book PressCommended
Margarito's Forest / El Bosque de Don Margarito Hard Ball PressCommended
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat HachetteCommended
Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del arcoirís Children's Book Press, Lee & Low BooksCommended
Shame the Stars Lee & Low BooksCommended
Somos Como Los Nubes / We are Like the Clouds Groundwood BooksCommended
Arthur A. Levine Books / ScholasticCommended
Abrams BooksCommended
Lee & Low BooksCommended
<-- Year --> 2018 American Street HarperCollinsWinner
Danza

Amalia Hernández and el Ballet Folklórico de México

 Abrams BooksWinner
All the Way to Havana Godwin Books, Henry Holt and CompanyHonor
Lucky Broken Girl Penguin Random HouseHonor
BravoPoems About Amazing Hispanics Godwin Books, Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
Disappeared Arthur A. Levine BooksCommended
Penguin Random HouseCommended
Forest World Atheneum BooksCommended
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos NorthSouth BooksCommended
Pow Kids BooksCommended
Children's Book PressCommended
Lectorum PublicationsCommended
Sing, Don't Cry Henry Holt and CompanyCommended
Penguin Random HouseCommended
Clarion BooksCommended
Piñata BooksCommended
Little Skeletons Countdown to Midnight / Esqueletitos: Un Libro Para Contar En EL Día De Los Muertos CanticosCommended
<-- Year --> 2019 Islandborn Dial PressWinner
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight Abrams BooksWinner
Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings Groundwood BooksHonor
HarperCollinsHonor
Alma and How She Got Her Name Candlewick PressCommended
Carmela Full of Wishes G. P. Putnam's SonsCommended
Dreamers Neal Porter BooksCommended
Barefoot BooksCommended
Candlewick PressCommended
Jazz Owls Atheneum BooksCommended
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish Viking PressCommended
Candlewick PressCommended
Abrams BooksCommended
Puerto Rico Strong: A Comics Anthology Supporting Puerto Rico Disaster, Hazel Newlevant and Desiree Rodriguez (eds.) Lion Forge ComicsCommended
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems Cinco Puntos PressCommended
When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana Atheneum BooksCommended
<-- Year -->2020 Beast Rider and Maria Elena Fontanot De Rhoads Amulet BooksWinner
Between Us and Abuela Farrar Straus GirouxWinner
My Papi has a MotorcyclePenguin Young Readers GroupHonor
Arthur A. Levine BooksHonor
Chronicle BooksHonor
Along the Tapajós, trans. buy Daniel HahnAmazon Crossing KidsCommended
Candlewick PressCommended
Caravan to the North Groundwood BooksCommended
Freedom Soup Candlewick PressCommended
Fuego Fuegito/ Fire, Little Fire/ Tit, TitchinPiñata BooksCommended
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré HarperCollinsCommended
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War Abrams Books for Young ReadersCommended
Farrar, Straus and GirouxCommended
Titanosaur and Diego PolOrchard BooksCommended
2021Digging for WordsPaola Escobar Schwartz & WadeWinner
Land of the CranesAida SalazarScholasticWinner
Furia Algonquin PressHonor
If Dominican Were a Color Denene Millner BooksHonor
Vamos! Let's Go Eat Raúl the ThirdVersifyHonor
2022Child of the Flower-Song PeopleAbrams ComicArtsWinner
My Two Border Towns KokilaWinner
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna Sourcebooks Young ReadersHonor
Niños: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile Eerdmans Books for Young ReadersHonor
Levine QueridoHonor
ABC El Salvador Luna's Press BooksCommended
Aqui era el paraiso/Here Was ParadiseGroundwood BooksCommended
Coquí in the City Dial BooksCommended
Isabel and Her Colores Go to School Sleeping Bear PressCommended
Lotería Knopf Books for Young ReadersCommended
¡¡Manu! GraphixCommended
Neverforgotten, trans. by Aida SalazarLevine QueridoCommended
On the Hook Scholastic PressCommended
and Ariana SteinLil’ Libros PressCommended
Feiwel & FriendsCommended
To Carnaval! A Celebration in Saint Lucia Barefoot BooksCommended
When We Make It Dial BooksCommended
Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger Atheneum Books for Young ReadersCommended
Zonia's Rain Forest Candlewick PressCommended
2023Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersWinner
Isla to Island Atheneum Books for Young ReadersWinner
¡Ándale, Prieta!Lee & Low BooksHonor
Miss QuincesGraphixHonor
Self-Made Boys Feiwel and FriendsHonor
Abuela's Fideo: A Story of a Grandma's LoveDel Alma PublicationsCommended
Abuelita and MeAnnick PressCommended
Amazona CanizalesCanizalesGraphic UniverseCommended
Chabelita's Heart / El corazón de ChabelitaReflection PressCommended
Frizzy First SecondCommended
Hispanic Star: Roberto Clemente and Sara E. Echenique Roaring Brook PressCommended
InvisibleGraphixCommended
Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican America Piñata BooksCommended
Lakelore Feiwel & FriendsCommended
Llort: The life of-la vida de LlortLil' LibrosCommended
My Neighborhood , trans. by Kit MaudeTapioca StoriesCommended
Piñata BooksCommended
Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny Atheneum Books for Young ReadersCommended
Soaring Kite BooksCommended
Still Dreaming/Seguimos soñando , trans. by Luis Humberto CrosthwaiteChildren's Book PressCommended
Tumble KokilaCommended
Where Wonder Grows Cinco Puntos PressCommended

Recipients of multiple awards and honors

Multiple Américas Awards

One person's works have received four Américas Awards:

One person's works have received three Américas Awards:

Multiple people's works have won two Américas Awards:

Multiple Américas Honors

Multiple people's works have received two honors:

Multiple Américas Commendations

Different works by the same authors or illustrators have received commendations in the same year.

Two people's work has received commendations nine times:

Three people's work has received commendations eight times:

Two people's work has received commendations seven times:

Two people's works have received commendations six times:

Four people's works have received commendations five times:

Eight people's works have received commendations four times:

Twenty people's works have received commendations three times:

Multiple people's work has received two commendations:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Americas Award @ CLASP. Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405040700/http://claspprograms.org/americasaward. 2023-04-05. 2020-02-01. live.
  2. Web site: Award Ceremony . CLASP . 8 December 2019 . 11 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191211201143/http://claspprograms.org/pages/detail/69/Award-Ceremony . live .
  3. Book: Quiroa, Ruth. The Américas Award : honoring Latin@ children's and young adult literature of the Americas. Lexington Books. 2016. 978-1-4985-0160-6. Henderson. Laretta. Lanham, Maryland. 30. Envisioning tomorrow : the musings of Julie Kline on the history and future of the Américas Award. 933386001.
  4. Book: Quiroa, Ruth. The Américas Award : honoring Latin@ children's and young adult literature of the Americas. Lexington Books. 2016. 978-1-4985-0160-6. Henderson. Laretta. Lanham, Maryland. 33. Envisioning tomorrow : the musings of Julie Kline on the history and future of the Américas Award. 933386001.
  5. Book: Henderson, Laretta. The Américas Award : honoring Latin@ children's and young adult literature of the Americas. Lexington Books. 2016. 978-1-4985-0160-6. Henderson. Laretta. Lanham, Maryland. 5. The Américas Award: Latin@ Youth Literature for the K-12 Classroom. 933386001.
  6. Web site: Research Collection . CLASP . 27 January 2020 . 7 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607135325/https://claspprograms.org/americas-award/research-collection/ . live .
  7. Web site: Curriculum Collection Book Lists: Américas Collection . University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee . 27 January 2020 . 27 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127204252/https://guides.library.uwm.edu/CCM_booklists . live .
  8. Web site: The Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature . Vanderbilt University . 1 October 2019 . 1 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191001173457/https://as.vanderbilt.edu/clas/americas-award/ . live .
  9. Web site: Nomination Guidelines . Americas Award . CLASP . 1 October 2019 . 13 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190913144258/http://claspprograms.org/pages/detail/67/Nomination-Guidelines . live .

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