Best Books of the Year
Menu

Association for Library Service to Children and REFORMA · award year

Pura Belpré Award 2015

The 2015 Pura Belpré Award went to I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín (Author) and Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator). 4 books were Honor Books across 2 categories.

Winners

Author

  1. I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosínsource (opens in a new tab)

Illustrator

  1. Viva Frida by Yuyi Moralessource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Author

  1. Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes by Juan Felipe Herrerasource (opens in a new tab)

Illustrator

  1. Green Is a Chile Pepper by Roseanne Greenfield Thong and John Parrasource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya and Susan Guevarasource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuhsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Pura Belpré Award

Medal (Winner) and Honor Books from ALSC's list of Pura Belpré winners, 1996 to present. Year is the announcement year ALSC uses. The award was biennial until 2008, so no 2007 award exists. Through 2020 there were two categories, Author (narrative) and Illustrator. From 2021 the Author award split into Children's Author and Young Adult Author; Illustrator continued as the Youth Illustrator award and stays one category here. A book honored in two categories appears once in each. Illustrator-category author fields name the writer, then the illustrator when different. No illustrator honors were given in 2013.

Organization: Association for Library Service to Children and REFORMA. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

The most recommended books of 2015

Shares the most books with