According to the Association for Library Service to Children (
ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), the
Pura Belpr� Award is an annual award for the "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." The
2011 Pura Belpr� Award winners include Eric Velasquez, the illustrator of
Grandma's Gift, and Pam Mu�oz Ryan, the author of
The Dreamer.
(Cover art courtesy of Scholastic Press, An Imprint of Scholastic)
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