Pura Belpre Medal Winners at Howard County Library

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe /

Before we were free /

Author: Alvarez, Julia.
ISBN: 0375815449;0375915443;044023784
Year: 2002
Date added: 09/26/2002
Summary: In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
Subjects: Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas, - Fiction. - Family life - Dominican Republic - Revolutions - History - 1930-1961
Call number: YA Alv

Chato and the party animals /

Author: Soto, Gary.
ISBN: 0399231595
Year: 2000
Date added: 09/18/2000
Summary: Chato decides to throw a "pachanga" for his friend Novio Boy, who has never had a birthday party.
Subjects: Los Angeles (Calif.) - Fiction. - Cats - Birthdays - Parties
Call number: E SOT

Chato's kitchen /

Author: Soto, Gary.
ISBN: 0399226583
Year: 1995
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.
Subjects: Cats - Fiction. - Mice
Call number: E So

Chato's kitchen /

Author: Soto, Gary.
ISBN: 9781555923877;0399226583;9781555929039
Year: 1995
Date added: 01/12/2012
Summary: To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.
Subjects: Cats - Fiction. - Mice
Call number: JCDBK E SOT

Diego Rivera : his world and ours /

Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan.
ISBN: 9780810997318
Year: 2011
Date added: 08/25/2011
Subjects: Rivera, Diego, - Artists.
Call number: J759.972T

The dreamer /

Author: Ryan, Pam Mun~oz.
ISBN: 9780439269704
Year: 2010
Date added: 04/14/2010
Summary: A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
Subjects: Neruda, Pablo, - Childhood and youth - Fiction. - Poets, Chilean - Chile - History - 20th century
Call number: JF RYA

An island like you : stories of the barrio /

Author: Ortiz Cofer, Judith,
ISBN: 0531068978;014038068;9780545131339
Year: 2009
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.
Subjects: Puerto Ricans - Fiction. - Short stories.
Call number: YA ORT

Just a minute : a trickster tale and counting book /

Author: Morales, Yuyi.
ISBN: 0811837580;9780811837583
Year: 2003
Date added: 01/02/2004
Summary: In this version of a traditional tale, Senor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle's door, ready to take her to the next life, but after helping her count, in English and Spanish, as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind.
Subjects: Folklore - Mexico. - Counting.
Call number: J398.2M

Just in case : a trickster tale and Spanish alphabet book /

Author: Morales, Yuyi.
ISBN: 9781596433298;1596433299
Year: 2008
Date added: 03/13/2009
Summary: As Senor Calavera prepares for Grandma Beetle's birthday he finds an alphabetical assortment of unusual presents, but with the help of Zelmiro the Ghost, he finds the best gift of all.
Subjects: Gifts - Fiction. - Alphabet - Birthdays - Ghosts
Call number: E Mor

Magic windows /

Author: Garza, Carmen Lomas.
ISBN: 089239157
Year: 1999
Date added: 03/30/2000
Summary: In Spanish and English, Carmen Lomas Garza portrays her family's Mexican customs through cut-paper work.
Subjects: Garza, Carmen Lomas. - Paper work. - Handicraft. - Mexico - Social life and customs. - Spanish language materials - Bilingual
Call number: J306.85L

Marti´n de Porres : the rose in the desert /

The revolution of Evelyn Serrano /

Author: Manzano, Sonia.
ISBN: 9780545325059
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/28/2012
Summary: It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more com
Subjects: Puerto Ricans - New York (State) - New York - Fiction. - Family life - Harlem - Grandmothers - Identity - Protest movements - East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - History - 20th century - New York (N.Y.)
Call number: YA MAN

Snapshots from the wedding /

Author: Soto, Gary.
ISBN: 039922808
Year: 1997
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: Maya, the flower girl, describes a Mexican American wedding through snapshots of the day's events, beginning with the procession to the altar and ending with her sleeping after the dance.
Subjects: Weddings - Fiction - Mexican Americans - Fiction.
Call number: E So

Under the mesquite /

Author: McCall, Guadalupe Garcia.
ISBN: 9781600604294
Year: 2011
Date added: 10/21/2011
Summary: Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.
Subjects: Coming of age - Fiction. - Cancer - Mexican Americans - Texas - Family life - Responsibility
Call number: YA MCCA