Booklist Online - Pura Belpre Awardhttp://www.booklistonline.comen-gbSat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:17 GMTALA Booklist Publications Copyright 2007http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss90Booklist Online - Pura Belpre Awardhttp://www.booklistonline.com/http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3364813Pura Belpre Award Winners: 2009.&#13;<br>&#13;<font color='#339966'>FEATURE. </font>&#13;First published January 26, 2009 (<i>Booklist</i> Online).&#13;&#13; <p>The Pura Belpré Award, co-sponsored by the <a class="" title="Association for Library Service to Children" href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm" target="_blank" target=_blank>Association for Library Service to Children</a> (ALSC) and the <a class="" title="REFORMA Home" href="http://www.reforma.org/" target="_blank" target=_blank>National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking</a> (REFORMA), 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. The winners were announced January 26, 2009 in Denver, Colorado, during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. For more information, visit the <a class="" title="Pura Belpre Award Home Page" href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm" target="_blank" target=_blank>Pura Belpré Award Home Page</a>.</p>&#13; <p>&#13; <em>Author Award Winner</em>&#13; </p>&#13; <p>&#13; <strong><a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2434975" ><strong>The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom</strong></a></strong>. By Margarita Engle. Holt, $17.95 (9780805086744).</p>&#13; <p>&#13; <em>Illustrator Award Winner</em>&#13; </p>&#13; <p>&#13; <strong><a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2849233" ><strong>Just in Case</strong></a></strong>. By Yuyi Morales. Illus. by Yuyi Morales. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter, $16.95 (9781596433298). </p>&#13; <p> </p>&#13; <p> </p>&#13;&#13;http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3364813Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:17 GMTFirst published January 26, 2009 (<i>Booklist</i> Online).