# Pura Belpré Illustrator Award reading list

**19** books referenced by Pura Belpré Illustrator Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Pura Belpré Illustrator Award is presented by ALSC and REFORMA to a Latino/Latina illustrator whose children's book best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience. Belpré titles are key resources for bilingual and culturally responsive K-5 classrooms and library collections.

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## Pura Belpré Illustrator Award reading list

- [A Land of Books](https://readinglist.school/book/a-land-of-books-dreams-of-young-mexihcah-word-painters) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_
- [Across the Bay](https://readinglist.school/book/across-the-bay) by Carlos Aponte _(Grades K–5)_
- [Boogie Boogie, Y’all](https://readinglist.school/book/boogie-boogie-yall) by C.G. Esperanza _(Grades K–5)_
- [Bright Star](https://readinglist.school/book/bright-star) by Yuyi Morales _(Grades K–5)_
- [Dear Primo](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-primo-a-letter-to-my-cousin) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_
- [Diego Rivera](https://readinglist.school/book/diego-rivera-his-world-and-ours) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_
- [En Mi Familia](https://readinglist.school/book/family-pictures-cuadros-de-familia) by Carmen Lomas Garza _(Grades K–5)_
- [Funny Bones](https://readinglist.school/book/funny-bones-posada-and-his-day-of-the-dead-calaveras) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_
- [Grandma's Gift](https://readinglist.school/book/grandmas-gift) by Eric Velasquez _(Grades K–5)_
- [In the Time of the Butterflies](https://readinglist.school/book/the-coquies-still-sing) by Julia Alvarez _(Grades K–5)_
- [Just In Case](https://readinglist.school/book/just-in-case) by Yuyi Morales _(Grades K–5)_
- [Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita](https://readinglist.school/book/maria-had-a-little-llama) by Angela Dominguez _(Grades K–5)_
- [Me Gusta](https://readinglist.school/book/mango-abuela-and-me) by Angela Dominguez _(Grades K–5)_
- [Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote](https://readinglist.school/book/pancho-rabbit-and-the-coyote-a-migrants-tale) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_
- [Separate Is Never Equal](https://readinglist.school/book/separate-is-never-equal-sylvia-mendez-and-her-familys-fight-for-desegregation) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_
- [Sonadores (Dreamers)](https://readinglist.school/book/dreamers) by Yuyi Morales _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Dream Catcher](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dream-catcher) by Marcelo Verdad _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Princess and the Warrior](https://readinglist.school/book/the-princess-and-the-warrior-a-tale-of-two-volcanoes) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_
- [Viva Frida](https://readinglist.school/book/viva-frida) by Yuyi Morales _(Grades K–5)_

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