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Book Award Winners

2024 Winners

michael genhart
john parra
carmen tafolla
pedro martin

Previous Winners

2023
A Seed in the Sun
by Aida Salazar
2023
Tumble
Written by Celia Perez
2022
My Two Border Towns
Written by David Bowles
Illustrated by Erika Meza
2022
Indivisible
by Daniel Aleman
2022
Bright Star
by Yuyi Morales
2021
Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth
by Duncan Tonatiuh
2021
The Spirit of Chicano Park/El espíritu del Parque Chicano
Written by Beatrice Zamora
Illustrated by Maira Meza
2021
Dreaming with Mariposas
by Sonia Gutiérrez
2020
My Papi Has A Motorcycle
Written by Isabel Quintero
Illustrated by Zeke Peña
2019
Dreamers
Written by Yuyi Morales
Illustrated by Yuyi Morales
2019
They Call me Güero, A Border Kid's Poems
Written by David Bowles
2018
All Around Us
Written by Xelena González
Illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia
2018
The First Rule of Punk
by Celia C. Pérez
2018
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexcian Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
2017

Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
by Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell
Illustrated by Rafael López

2017
The Memory of Light
by Francisco X. Stork
2016
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Written and Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
2016
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez
2015
Separate is Never Equal
Written and Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
2015
Gabi: A Girl in Pieces
by Isabel Quintero
2014
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale
Written and Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
2014
Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People
Written and Illustrated by Susan Goldman Rubin
2013
Under the Mesquite
Written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
2012
Sylvia and Aki
Written by Winifred Conkling
Diego Rivera His World and Ours
2012
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
Written and Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
2011
Bait
by Alex Sanchez
2010
What Can You Do With a Paleta?
Written by Carmen Tafolla
Illustrated by Magaly Morales
2009
The Holly Tortilla and a Pot of Beans
Written by Carmen Tafolla
2009
He Forgot to Say Goodbye
Written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
2008
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
Written by Marisa Montes
Illustrated by Yuyi Morales
2007
Downtown Boy
by Juan Felipe Herrera
2006
José! Born to Dance
Written by Susanna Reich
Illustrated by Raúl Colón
2005
Becoming Naomi León
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
2004
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
Written and Illustrated by Yuyi Morales
2003
A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana
Written by Pat Mora
Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
2002
Breaking Through
by Francisco Jiménez
2001
My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito
Written by Amada Irma Pérez
Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez
2000
My Land Sings: Stories of the Rio Grande
Written by Rudolfo Anaya
Illustrated by Amy Córdova
1999
The Three Pigs/Los Tres Cerdos: Nacho, Tito and Miguel
Written and Illustrated by Bobbi Salinas
1998
Tomás and the Library Lady
Written by Pat Mora
Illustrated by Raúl Colón
1997
In My Family/En Mi Familia
Written and Illustrated by Carmen Lomas Garza
1996
The Farolitos of Christmas
Written by Rudolfo Anaya
Illustrated by Edward Gonzales
1996
Chato's Kitchen
Written by Gary Soto
Illustrated by Susan Guevara