Américas Book Award

The Américas Book Award for Children and Young Adult Literature is organized by the University of Wisconsin. They describe the award this way:

The Américas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.

To see this year's winners click here: http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/aa/pdf/aa08final.pdf

To learn more about the award and read about past winners click here: http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/aa/index.cfm

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