1997 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature – Children/Young Adult Winner
The Circuit
Francisco Jiménez
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The Face at the Window
Regina Hanson
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1997 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature – Children/Young Adult Nominees
Fruits: A Caribbean Counting Poem
Valerie Bloom
Mayeros: A Yucatec Maya Family
George Ancona
A Little Salmon for Witness: A Story from Trinidad
Vashanti Rahaman
Angela Weaves a Dream: The Story of a Young Maya Artist
Michèle Solá
Baseball in the Barrio
Henry Horenstein
Butterfly Boy
Virginia Kroll
Carlos and the Skunk / Carlos Y El Zorrillo
Jan Romero Stevens
Celebrate! In Central America
Joe Viesti and Diane Hall
Cuckoo / Cucu
Lois Ehlert, Gloria de Aragón Andújar (tr.)
Day of the Dead
Tony Johnston
Dear Abuelita / Querida Abuelita
Sofía Meza Keane
Diez Deditos and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America
Jose-Luis Orozco (ed.)
From Father to Son / De padre a hijo
Patricia Almada
Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet In Spanish And English
Alma Flor Ada
Grannie Jus’ Come!
Ana Sisnett
I Am Of Two Places / Soy de dos lugares
Mary Carden and Mary Cappellini (eds.)
La Cucaracha Martina: A Caribbean Folktale / Un cuento folklorico del Caribe
Daniel Moretón
Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates Risuenos y Otros Poemas de Primavera
Francisco X. Alarcón
Mexico’s Marvelous Corn / El maravilloso maíz de México
Margarita González-Jensen
Señor Cat’s Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America
Lucía M. González
Spirits of the High Mesa
Floyd Martínez
The Birthday Swap / ¡Qué sorpresa de cumpleaños!
Loretta López
The Lizard and the Sun / La lagartija y el sol
Alma Flor Ada
The Story of Dona Chila / El cuento de Doña Chila
Mary Capellinni
Tomás and the Library Lady
Pat Mora
Where Fireflies Dance / Ahi, Donde Bailan Las Lucienagas
Lucha Corpi
White bread competition
Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández