According to the American Library Association website: "This award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 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 literature for children and youth."
The following Pura Belpré Award Winners and Honor Books can be found in the CRC:
2025:
The Dream Catcher by 
Abuelo, the Sea, and Me by 
Cruzita and the Mariacheros by 
Wild Dreamers by 2024:
Mexikid by 
Mi Papá Es un Agrícola / My Father, the Farm Worker by 
Papá's Magical Water-Jug Clock by 2023:
The Coquíes Still Sing by 
Still Dreaming / Seguimos Soñando by 2022:
¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by 
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by 
De Aquí Como el Coquí by 2021:
2020:
Planting Stories: the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by 2019:
2018:
2017:
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by 2016:
2015:
2014:
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by 2013:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by 2011:
2010:
2009:
2006:
Doña Flor by 
