Tag Archives: Pam Munoz Ryan
In the news: Awards, Arizona, Mexico and Mario Vargas Llosa
Awards: It’s book award season! Several organizations have announced winners and nominations for the best of 2011: • The American Library Association announced today the winners of the Pura Belpé Awards, given to children’s and young adult books that honor … Continue reading
Filed under Awards, Children's Books, News
Resolutions for the New Year
Hey, happy new year! Today is the day set aside to recover from last night, watch football and make resolutions. I’ve got a few of my own for my blog. 2011 was a great year for Latino literature but, with … Continue reading
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‘Tis the season: Christmas books for children
Children are a big reason for celebrating Christmas. If you want to add some books to their stockings, here’s a good list (definitely not definitive) of Latino-themed reads about the holidays: • The Night of Las Posadas, a 1999 book … Continue reading
Filed under Children's Books, Culture
In the news
• Awards: Pam Muñoz Ryan picked up the PEN Center USA award in Children/YA Literature earlier this month for her children’s book about poet Pablo Neruda, The Dreamer. Francisco Goldman took the Prix Femina Étranger, a French literary award, for … Continue reading
Filed under 2011 Books, Awards, Children's Books, Young Adult Books
All about the children
As a child of the 1970s and 1980s, I read the Little House on the Prairie, Ramona Quimby and Judy Blume books, and hung out with Strawberry Shortcake. You can’t get any whiter than Laura Ingalls Wilder and Strawberry Shortcake. … Continue reading
Filed under Children's Books
