Below are the first place winners of the 16th Annual International Latino Book Awards in the children’s, youth, and young adult categories. If you click on the images, you will be taken to Goodreads, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon for more information. The Awards are produced by Latino Literacy Now, an organization co-founded by Edward James Olmos and Kirk Whisler, and co-presented by Las Comadres para las Americas and Reforma, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos. The Awards were announced this past weekend, on June 28, in Las Vegas as part of the ALA Conference. For the complete list, which includes adult fiction, nonfiction, and second place and honorable mention winners, click here. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS!!

Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book: English

Best Latino Focused Children’s Book: Spanish or Bilingual

  

Best Children’s Fiction Book: English

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book: Bilingual

Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book: Spanish

Best Children’s Nonfiction Picture Book

Best Educational Children’s Picture Book: English

Best Educational Children’s Picture Book: Spanish or Bilingual

Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book: English

Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book: Spanish or Bilingual

Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book

  

Best Youth Chapter Fiction Book: English

Best Youth Chapter Fiction Book: Spanish or Bilingual

Best Youth Chapter Nonfiction Book

Most Inspirational Chapter Book

Best Young Adult Latino Focused Book: English

Best Young Adult Latino Focused Book: Spanish or Bilingual

Los Pájaros No Tienen Fronteras by Edna Iturralde

Best Young Adult Fiction Book: English

Best Young Adult Fiction Book: Spanish or Bilingual

La Guarida de las Lechuzas by Antonio Ramos Revillas

Best Young Adult Nonfiction Book

Best Educational Young Adult Book

Most Inspirational Young Adult Book

Best Book Written by a Youth: English

Best Book Written by a Youth: Spanish or Bilingual

  

Best Children’s Picture Book Translation: Spanish to English

Best Children’s Picture Book Translation: English to Spanish

Best Chapter/Young Adult Book Translation: English to Spanish

Best First Book: Children’s and Youth