Américas Award, 1993-2025
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1993 -- portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States

- 6,248 Resources including
- 554 Videos
- 327 Book Readings
- 637 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 510 book results





Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Winner, 2015)
45+ Resources16 Awards

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Commended, 2016)
45+ Resources14 Awards






Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
by Meg Medina and Sonia Sánchez
(Commended, 2021)
40+ Resources10 Awards


Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales
(Honor, 2003)
40+ Resources9 Awards



Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
by Gloria Amescua and Duncan Tonatiuh
(Winner, 2022)
40+ Resources12 Awards


Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
(Commended, 2017)
40+ Resources13 Awards

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
by Anika Aldamuy Denise and Paola Escobar
(Commended, 2020)
40+ Resources11 Awards



Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
(Commended, 2020)
40+ Resources11 Awards

The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Honor, 2009)
40+ Resources11 Awards


Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built
by Angela Burke Kunkel and Paola Escobar
(Winner, 2021)
40+ Resources7 Awards

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
by Monica Brown and John Parra
(Commended, 2018)
35+ Resources7 Awards

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle and Sean Qualls
(Winner, 2006)
35+ Resources5 Awards










Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Commended, 2018)
35+ Resources8 Awards


Sharuko: El arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello
by Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri
(Commended, 2021)
35+ Resources10 Awards






Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales
(Winner, 2003)
30+ Resources10 Awards

Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
(Winner, 2017)
30+ Resources8 Awards