| Tomás Rivera Book Award | |
| Awarded For: | Honor authors and illustrators who create literature that depicts the Mexican American experience |
| Presenter: | Texas State University College of Education |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | San Marcos, TX |
| Year: | 1996 |
The Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award recognizes authors and illustrators whose literary work depict the Mexican American experience.[1] This award was established in 1995 by the Texas State University College of Education in honor of distinguished alumnus, Tomás Rivera[2] an educator, poet and author of literary works depicting the difficulties experienced by Mexican migrant farmers[3] and also the first Mexican American to hold a chancellor position at the University of California.[4]
| Category | Author | Illustrator | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | For Younger Readers (tie) | David Bowles | My Two Border Towns | |
| For Younger Readers (tie) | Bright Star | |||
| For Older Readers | Indivisible | |||
| 2021 | For Younger Readers (tie) | Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth | ||
| For Younger Readers (tie) | The Spirit of Chicano Park/El espíritu del Parque Chicano | |||
| For Older Readers | Dreaming with Mariposas | |||
| 2020 | My Papi Has A Motorcycle | |||
| 2019 | For Younger Readers | Dreamers | ||
| For Older Readers | David Bowles | They Call Me Güero | ||
| 2018 | For Younger Readers | All around Us | ||
| For Older Readers (Middle Grade) | ||||
| For Older Readers (Young Adult) | I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter | |||
| 2017 | For Younger Readers | and Theresa Howell | Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood | |
| For Older Readers | ||||
| 2016 | For Younger Readers | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | ||
| 2016 | For Older Readers | Out of Darkness | ||
| 2015 | For Younger Readers | Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Méndez and her Family's Fight for Desegregation | ||
| 2015 | For Older Readers | Gabi, a Girl in Pieces | ||
| 2014 | For Younger Readers | Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale | ||
| For Older Readers | Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People | |||
| 2013 | Under the Mesquite | |||
| 2012 | For Older Readers | Sylvia and Aki | ||
| For Younger Readers | Diego Rivera: His World and Ours | |||
| 2011 | Bait | |||
| 2010 | What Can You Do With a Paleta? | |||
| 2009 | The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans | |||
| He Forgot to Say Goodbye | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 2007 | Downtown Boy | |||
| 2006 | José! Born to Dance | |||
| 2005 | Becoming Naomi León | |||
| 2004 | Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book | |||
| 2003 | ||||
| 2002 | Breaking Through | |||
| 2001 | My Very Own Room/Mi Propio Cuartito | |||
| 2000 | My Land Sings: Stories of the Río Grande | |||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
| 1997 | In My Family/En Mi Familia | |||
| 1996 | ||||
| Chato's Kitchen |