Can’t-miss 2024 Pura Belpré winners & honorees for Hispanic Heritage Month & beyond
Named for Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library, the Pura Belpré Award (est. 1996) is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator “whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of…
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. Did you know that Hispanic Americans are the largest ethnic or racial minority in the United States? 54% of the population in California, Florida and Texas identify as Hispanic which Merriam Webster defines as someone, “of, related to, or being…