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Book Award Winners

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Complete Bibliography of Tomas Rivera Book Award Winners

  • Herrera, Juan Felipe.  Downtown Boy. 2005. New York: Scholastic, Inc. Chapter book, intermediate.
  • Reich, Susanna.  José! Born to Dance. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. 2005.  New York: Simon and Schuster.  Picture book.
  • Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Becoming Naomi León. Scholastic Press.  2004. ISBN 0439269695,Chapter book, intermediate to young adult.
  • Morales, Yuyi. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book.  San Francisco, Ca: Chronicle Books. 2003.  ISBN  0-8118-3758-0 Picture book
  • Mora, Pat. A Library for Juana. Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2002. ISBN 0-375-80643-1 (trade) ISBN 0-375-90643-6 (lib. bdg.) Picture book
  • Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking Through. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2001. ISBN 0-618-01173-0 Chapter book, young adult
  • Pérez, Amada Irma. My Very Own Room/Mi Propio Cuartito. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco, California: Children’s Book Press/ Libros Para Niños, 2000. ISBN 0-89239-164-2 Picture book
  • Anaya, Rudolfo. My Land Sings: Stories From the Rio Grande. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. New York: Morrow Junior Books. 1999. ISBN 0-688-15078-0 Chapter book, intermediate level
  • Salinas, Bobbi. The Three Pigs/Los Tres Cerdos: Nacho Tito and Miguel. Oakland. California: Piñata Publications.  1998. ISBN 0-934925-05-4 Picture book
  • Mora, Pat. Tomás and the Library Lady. Illustrated by Raul Colón. New York: Alfred Knopf. 1997. ISBN 0-679-80401-3 (trade) ISBN 0-679-90401-8 (lib. bdg.) Picture book
  • Lomas Garza, Carmen as told to Harriet Rohmer. In My Family/En Mi Familia, ed. David Schecter. Spanish Translation by Francisco X. Alarcón. San Francisco, California: Children’s Book Press/ Libros Para Niños. 1996. ISBN 0-89239-163-4 (paperback) Picture bookSoto, Gary.
  • Chato’s Kitchen. Illustrated by Susan Guevara. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. 1995. ISBN 0-399-22658-3 Tied with The Farolitos of Christmas, Picture book