2027 Pura Belpré Award – A Call for Title Suggestions

The useful part

Emily Aguiló-Pérez, and I am the proud chair of the 2027 Pura Belpré Award Committee. If you have an eligible book that you believe the committee should consider for the 2027 Pura Belpré Award, please consider submitting a suggestion. The Pura Belpré Award is presented annually to a Latino/Latina/Latine writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

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• The Pura Belpré Award is presented annually to a Latino/Latina/Latine writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of...
• The award honors the legacy of Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library, whose work as a librarian, storyteller, author, and puppeteer helped bring Puerto Rican stories and...