The most recent issue of the enewsletter, NoveList School News, focuses on the theme of multicultural literature and includes an interview with Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama, about the Pura Belpré  and Américas Children’s Book Awards. He has served on both book award committees. Here’s a list of Pat’s books that have won these awards.

2010 Américas Commended List 2010 Belpré Illustrator Medal Book

1996 Américas Commended List

2006 Belpré Illustrator Medal Book 2006 Belpré Author Honor Book

2010 Belpré Illustrator Honor Book

2010 Américas Commended List

1997 Américas Award  Commended Title

2008 Américas Award for Children’s Literature