Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• List: Pura Belpré Children's Author Award
• Format: Book
• Award year: 1998

• 

  Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems/Jitomates Risueños y otros poemas de primavera

  By Francisco Alarcón, Maya Christina Gonzalez (Illustrator)

  A bilingual collection of humorous and serious poems about family, nature, and celebrations by a renowned Mexican American poet. (Library of Congress summary)

  • Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 1998 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780892391998
• 

  Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida

  By Victor Martinez

  Poetic, moving, and harrowing, these vignettes paint a realistic portrait of a Chicano boy's coming of age in Fresno, California. Graphic realism and lyrical imagery highlight not only familial and societal tensions, but also unexpected moments of humor, insight, and tenderness.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 1998 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780060267049
• 

  Spirits of the High Mesa

  By Flloyd Martinez

  In this moving coming-of-age novel set in rural New Mexico, the young protagonist, Flavio, is torn between the seductiveness of progress and new technology and his loyalty to village traditions so steadfastly preserved by his grandfather, El Grande. (Arte Publico Press summary)

  • Fiction, Mexican American
  • Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 1998 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9781558851986