Pura Belpré Award 2011

The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, 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.

  Author

The Dreamer
by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Illustrator

Grandma's Gift
by Eric Velasquez