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HISPANIC/LATINO

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POWERFUL HISPANIC AND LATIN-AMERICAN IMAGES REVEALED IN PICTURE BOOKS
      
(Kay Vandergrift and Denise Agosto)
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Countries in Latin America & the Caribbean

Baharona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for
Children and Adolescents
(Dr. Schon/Cal State/San Marcos)