Rhode Island Latino Books AwardWinner

Given by Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA)

43 Works 0 Books
Rhode Island Latino Arts Executive Director and board members support the Rhode Island Latino Books Award (RILBA) Coordinator and the RILBA Committee Members, which includes Rhode Island show more educators, school librarians, public librarians, and paraprofessionals, who use specific selection criteria to create an annual list of nominated titles. The RILBA Committee is intentional in seeking books that affirm marginalized groups and champions stories and characters that reflect the lived experiences of Rhode Island Latino/Latina/Latinx young people, as well as the larger world. RILBA aims to provide a list of nominees that maintains diversity in race, gender, sexuality, family makeup, socioeconomic background and ability. Nominees are thoughtfully curated to allow all youth to be seen and their voices actively heard. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (43), Nominee (22)
Categories:
All, Grades 3-5 (12), Grades 6-8 (9), Grades 6-9 (1), Grades K-2 (9), High School (12)
Years:
All, 2023 (4), 2022 (4), 2021 (4), 2020 (5), 2019 (4), 2018 (4), 2017 (5), 2016 (4), 2015 (5), 2014 (4)
Announced:
2024-06-01: Winner2024 Upcoming

Winner 43

WorkCategoryYear
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers by Juliet MenéndezGrades 3-52023
Time Villains by Victor PiñeiroGrades 6-82023
Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient by Areli MoralesGrades K-22023
When We Make It by Elisabet VelasquezHigh School2023
13th Street #1: Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats (HarperChapters) by David BowlesGrades 3-52022
Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse by Chantel AcevedoGrades 6-82022
Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. GomezGrades K-22022
We Are Not from Here by Jenny Torres SanchezHigh School2022
Queen of Tejano Music: Selena by Silvia LopezGrades 3-52021
Hotel Dare by Terry BlasGrades 6-82021
Zombies Don't Eat Veggies! by Megan LaceraGrades K-22021
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoHigh School2021
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by Jaime HernandezGrades 3-52020
The Other Half of Happy by Rebecca BalcárcelGrades 6-82020
Octopus Stew by Eric VelasquezGrades K-22020
Five Midnights by Ann Dávila CardinalHigh School2020
Don't Date Rosa Santos by Nina MorenoHigh School2020
Sci-Fu by Yehudi MercadoGrades 3-52019
Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer CholdenkoGrades 6-82019
Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia SotomayorGrades K-22019
The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoHigh School2019
Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics by Margarita EngleGrades 3-52018
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth BeharGrades 6-82018
The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra DeedyGrades K-22018
Illegal by Bettina RestrepoHigh School2018
The Only Road by Alexandra DiazGrades 3-52017
How Tía Lola Came to [Visit] Stay by Julia AlvarezGrades 6-82017
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan TonatiuhGrades K-22017
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida CórdovaHigh School2017
The Memory of Light by Francisco X. StorkHigh School2017
Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues by Matt TavaresGrades 3-52016
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie AgosínGrades 6-82016
Dalia's Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia (English and Spanish Edition) by Laura LacámaraGrades K-22016
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel QuinteroHigh School2016
Love, Amalia by Alma Flor AdaGrades 3-52015
My Diary From Here to There/Mi diario de aqui hasta alla by Amada Irma PerezGrades 3-52015
Confetti Girl by Diana LopezGrades 6-92015
Bossy Gallito / El gallo de bodas: (Bilingual) (Spanish Edition) by Lucia M. GonzalezGrades K-22015
I Will Save You by Matt de la PeñaHigh School2015
Medio Pollito/Half Chicken by Alma Flor AdaGrades 3-52014
René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos by René Colato LaínezGrades 3-52014
Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela CervantesGrades 6-82014
The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosHigh School2014

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