The 2009 Americas Award has been announced.  It is an annual award for books for children and teens that “authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.”

The 2009 Winners are:

Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

 

The Honorable Mentions

The Best Gift of All by Julia Alvarez

Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos

The Storyteller’s Candle by Lucia Gonzalez

 

And there were several commended titles that can be found on the press release.