Annal:2008 Pura Belpré Award for Illustration
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Pura Belpré Award in the year 2008. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- <–2006
- Pura Belpré Award
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- 2008 Belpré–illustration winner
- 2008 Belpré–narrative honor*
- Score: 10.58
This lively bilingual Halloween poem introduces young readers to a spooky array of Spanish words that will open their ojos to the chilling delights of the season.
My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez
- 2008 Belpré–illustration honor
- Score: 6.58
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enormously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy.
- 2008 Belpré–illustration honor
- Score: 6.58
Little Maya longs to find brilliant, beautiful, inspiring color in her world ... but Maya’s world, the Mojave Desert, seems to be filled with nothing but sand. With the help of a feathered friend, she searches everywhere to discover color in her world.
