International Latino Book Awards Winners
Here is a listing of the 12th Annual International Latino Book Awards Winners announced last night. I am so proud to see some local authors on the list! Congratulations to everyone!!
12th Annual International Latino Book Awards Winners Announced
In recognition of the many positive contributions being made to Latino literature by publishers and writers worldwide, Latino Literacy Now, a non-profit organization that supports and promotes literacy and literary excellence within the Latino community, created the Latino Book Awards in 1999. The awards were presented during BookExpo America on May 25, 2010, at the Javits Center. This year we are introducing a new designation for those entries that swept the judges 1st place ballots: Triple Crown Award Winners.
The Winners (Title - Author(s) or Illustrator (s) - Publisher):
CATEGORY A – CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Best Educational Children’s Book - Spanish
Cambio Climático: Los Gases de Efecto Invernadero - Daniel R. Faust - Rosen Publishing
2ND Place: Andy Warhol - Patricia Geis - Combel Editorial
Honorable Mention: Mitología Mesoamericana: Quetzalcóatl - Tom Danish - Rosen Publishing
Best Educational Children’s Book - Bilingual
Chiles- Inés Vaughn - Rosen Publishing
2ND Place: Fun With ABC's - Loteria Style - Luciano Martinez - Lectura Books
Honorable Mention: Chocolate - Inés Vaughn - Rosen Publishing
Honorable Mention: Corn/Maiz- Inés Vaughn - Rosen Publishing
Best Children’s Picture Book – English
What Can You Do With A Paleta? - Carmen Tafolla - Trycycle Press
2ND Place: Diego: Bigger Than Life - Carmen T. Bernier-Grand - Marshall Cavendish
Honorable Mention: Lom and the Gnatters – Kurusa - Groundwood Books
Best Children’s Picture Book – Spanish
¡Al Galope! - Rufus Butler Seder - Workman Publishing
2ND Place: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Alicia en el pais de las delicias - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Hansel y Gretel y la casita endulzado - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Caperucita roja y el lobo glotón - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
Best Children’s Picture Book – Bilingual
My Papa Diego and Me/Mi papa Diego y yo - Guadalupe Rivera Marin - Children's Book Press
2ND Place: I Know the River Loves Me/Yo se que el rio me ama - Maya Christina Gonzalez - Children's Book Press
Honorable Mention: Rene Has Two Last Names/René tiene dos apellidos - René Colato Laiñez - Arte Público Press
Honorable Mention: What Can You Do With A Paleta?/¿Que puedes hacer con una paleta? - Carmen Tafolla - Trycycle Press
Best Young Adult Fiction – English
Clara…Reencuentro con la vida - Gabriela Garcia-Williams – Self Published
2ND Place: Who's Buried in the Garden - Ray Villareal - Arte Público Press
Honorable Mention: Mr. Clean’s Familia - David Bueno-Hill - Urbano Books
Best Young Adult Fiction – Spanish or Bilingual
La Canción de Shao Li - Marisol Ortiz de Zárate - Bambú
2ND Place: Dark Dude - Oscar Hijuelos - Editorial Everest
Honorable Mention: The Case of the Pen Gone Missing/El caso de la pluma perdida - René Saldaña, Jr. - Arte Público Press
Best Young Adult Nonfiction - English
Memories of My Colombia - Valentina Arango - Ediciones El Pozo
Best Young Adult Nonfiction - Spanish or Bilingual
Yes, You Can Too! The Life of Barack Obama/¡Tú También Puedes! La Vida de Barack Obama - Raquel Benatar - Laredo Publishing
2ND Place: Alegria - Kilina Vela - Trafford
Honorable Mention: Penny, Caída Del Cielo - Jennifer L. Holm - Bambú
Best Young Adult Sports/Recreation – Spanish or Bilingual
Cuahutemoc Blanco - José María Obregón - Rosen Publishing – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Amor a la Colombiana - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Colorombia Animal - Camilo Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
CATEGORY B – NONFICTION
Best Arts Book - English
Maria Brito - Juan Martinez - UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center - Triple Crown Award Winner.
2ND Place: Celia Alvarez Muñoz - Robert Tejada - UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Honorable Mention: Con Safo: The Chicano Art Group and the Battle of South Texas - Ruben C. Cordova - UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Best Arts Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Hugo Zapata - Hugo Zapata y Juan Luís Mejía - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Arte Internacional, Colección del Banco de la República - Beatriz González - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Grabados Antiguos de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Germán Rubiano Caballero - Villegas Editores S.A.
Best Biography - English
Of Earth & Sea - Marjorie Agosín - University of Arizona Press
2ND Place: The Essays - Rudolfo Anaya - University of Oklahoma Press
Honorable Mention: The Ladies' Gallery - Irene Vilar - Other Press
Best Biography - Spanish or Bilingual
Cautiva: Testimonio de us Secuestro - Clara Rojas - Atria Books
2ND Place: Las Penumbras del General. Vida y muerte de Francisco de Paula Santander - Victor Paz Otero - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Vive tu Vida al Rojo Vivo: Secretos Para Triunfar en Todo - Maria Celeste Arranas - Atria Books
Honorable Mention: Frank Pais y la Revolucion Cubana - José Alvarez - Outskirts Press
Best Gift Book - English
Aim High Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic & Latina Women - Laura Contreras-Rowe - Self Published
2ND Place: Hot. Passionate. And Illegal? Why (Almost) Everything You Thought About Latinos Just May Be True - Christián de la Fuente –
Celebra, an Imprint of Penguin Group
Best Gift Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Colombia en Flor - Hugo Zapata y Juan Luís Mejía - Villegas Editores S.A. – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Amor a la Colombiana - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: El Manuscripto de Dios - Cesar Lacayo - Ediciones Internacionales
Best History/Political Book - English
Hero Street U.S.A. - Marc Wilson - University of Oklahoma Press
2ND Place: Latinos and the Nation's Future - Henry Cisneros, Editor - Arte Público Press
2ND Place: Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon - Regina M. Marchi - Rutgers University
Best Reference Book – English - Tie
Chicana and Chicano Art - Carlos Francisco Jackson - University of Arizona Press
Latinos In College: Your Guide to Success - Mariela Dabbah - Consultare
2ND Place: The Fire of Life: The Robert Legorreta-Cyclona Collection 1962-2002 - Robb Hernandez - UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Best Reference Book - Spanish or Bilingual
MUTIS. La Real expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reyno de Granada - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cafés de Colombia - Lilianna Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Sobre lo fantastico Mexicano - Cecilia Eudave - Letra Rosa Publisher
Best Cookbook - Spanish or Bilingual
Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Caperucita roja y el lobo glotón - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Alicia en el pais de las delicias - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Hansel y Gretel y la casita endulzado - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: La cocina de los Estefan - Emilio Estefan y Gloria Estefan – Mosaico
Best Health Book – English
The Power of Your Metabolism - Frank Suarez - Metabolic Press – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Fit Home Team: The Posada Family Guide to Health, Exercise and Nutrition the Inexpensive and Simple Way –
Laura Posada & Jorge Posada - Atria Books
Best Health Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Descubre Tu Estillo: Tu Guía Para Vestir Mejor - Martín Llorens - Random House Mondadori – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: El Derecho a la Sexualidad Masculina - Frank Suarez - Self Published
Best Parenting/Family Book - English
Parents Who Cheat. How Children and Adults Are Affected When Their parents Are Unfaithful - Ana Nogales - Health Communications, Inc.
2ND Place: Fit Home Team: The Posada Family Guide to Health, Exercise and Nutrition the Inexpensive and Simple Way –
Laura Posada & Jorge Posada - Atria Books
Best Parenting/Family Book - Spanish or Bilingual - Tie
Con el Alma Rota - Juan Carlos Martin Colea - Self Published
The Wooden Bowl - El bol de Madera - Ramona Moreno Winner - Brainstorm 3000
2ND Place: En busca de Emma - Armando Lucas Correa - Rayo/Harper Collins
Best Religious Book - Spanish or Bilingual
La Vírgen de Guadalupe - Antonía de Alva - Mosaico
2ND Place: Sólo Amor - Sri Daya Mata - Self-Realization Fellowship
2ND Place: El Yoga de Jesús - Paramahansa Yogananda - Self-Realization Fellowship
Honorable Mention: Toma Decisiones Que No lamentaras - T. D. Jakes - Atria Books
Best Self-help Book - Spanish or Bilingual
El Factor X - El poder de la acción en focada - Dr. Camilo Cruz - Editorial Taller Del Exito
2ND Place: Picos y Valles - Spencer Johnson - Atria Books
Honorable Mention: La Ley del Éxito - Paramahansa Yogananda - Self-Realization Fellowship
Honorable Mention: Recetas Para Enriquecer tu Vida Sexuale Como Disfrutar de la Sexualidad en el Matrimonio –
Hector y Clemencia Zorrilla – Living Mission Ministries, Inc
Best Spiritual/New Age Book - Spanish or Bilingual
El Yoga de Jesús - Paramahansa Yogananda - Self-Realization Fellowship
2ND Place: La Sabiduria del Alma - Dr. Zhi Gang Sha - Atria Books
Honorable Mention: Meditaciones Metafisicas (revised) - Paramahansa Yogananda - Self-Realization Fellowship
Best Travel Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Amazonia Perdida. La odisea fotográfica en Colombia de Richard Evans Shultes - Wade Davis - Villegas Editores S.A. –
Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Medellin 360º, Cordial, Pujante y Bella - Cristina Abad y Carolina Jaramillo - Villegas Editores S.A.
Best Women’s Issues Book - English
Dancing with Butterflies - Reyna Grande - Atria Books
2ND Place: Impossible Motherhood - Irene Vilar - Other Press
Best Women’s Issues Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Cómo ahorro sin perder la cabeza - Ana Galán - Mosaico
2ND Place: La Niña Adentro Del Closet - Benoni Coaud - Wekann Publishing Co.
Honorable Mention: Descubre Tu Estillo: Tu Guía Para Vestir Mejor - Martín Llorens - Random House Mondadori
CATEGORY C – FICTION
Best Popular Fiction - English
B As In Beauty - Alberto Ferreras - Grand Central Publishing
2ND Place: Hungry Woman in Paris - Josefina López - Grand Central Publishing
2ND Place: Golondrina, Why Did You Leave Me? A Novel - Barbara Renaud Gonzalez - University of Texas Press
Honorable Mention: Dancing with Butterflies - Reyna Grande - Atria Books
Best Popular Fiction - Spanish or Bilingual
Diecinueve Minutos - Jodi Picoult - Atria Books
2ND Place: Amor a la Colombiana - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Nos Vemos en Purgatorio - Ani Palacios McBride - Outskirts Press
Best Novel – Adventure or Drama - English
Sweet Mary - Liz Balmaseda - Atria Books
2ND Place: The River Flows North - Graciela Limón - Arte Público Press
Honorable Mention: A Glass of Water - Jimmy Santiago Baca - Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Best Novel – Adventure or Drama – Spanish or Bilingual
Nos Vemos en Purgatorio - Ani Palacios McBride - Outskirts Press
2ND Place: El Vencedor Está Solo - Paulo Coelho - Rayo
Honorable Mention: El monte Orígo - Rosario Barros, José A. Carbonell, Carlos A. Dueñas, Rafael G. Jolly, Juan R. Martos,
Vicente A. Vásquez - Letra Rosa Publisher
Best Novel – Historical Fiction - English
Death and the American Dream - Daniel Cano - Bilingual Review Press
2ND Place: Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood memory: A Novel - Emma Perez - University of Texas Press
Honorable Mention: The Invisible Mountain - Carolina de Robertis - Alfred A. Knopf
Best Novel – Historical Fiction - Spanish or Bilingual
Las Penumbras del General. Vida y muerte de Francisco de Paula Santander - Victor Paz Otero - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: La Estrella de David - Daniel De Cordova - Anura Group
Best Novel – Mystery - English
Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery - Lucha Corpi - Arte Público Press
Best Novel – Romance - English
Vigil - Cecilia Samartin - Atria Books
2ND Place: Clara…Encountering Life - Gabriela Garcia-Williams - Self Published
Best Novel – Romance - Spanish or Bilingual
La Pildora del mal Amor - Anjanette Delgado - Atria Books – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Clara…Reencuentro con la vida - Gabriela Garcia-Williams - Self Published
Best Poetry Book - English
The Art of Exile - William Archila - Bilingual Review Press
2ND Place: Poema - Maurice Kilwein Guevara - University of Arizona Press
2ND Place: The Strange House Testifies - Ruth Irupé Sanabria - Bilingual Review Press
Honorable Mention: Faith Run - Ray Gonzalez - University of Arizona Press
CATEGORY D – DESIGN (Title – Illustrator/Designer(s) - Publisher):
Best Cover Design
Colombia en Flor - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Hugo Zapata - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Aim High Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic & Latina Women - Laura Contreras-Rowe - Self Published
Honorable Mention: Boy of the Border - Antonio Castro L. - Sweet Earth Flying Press LLC
Best Cover Illustration
Amor a la Colombiana - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cuentos del Centro: Stories from the Latino Heartland - Maria Vasquez Boyd - Scapegoat Press
Honorable Mention: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Caperucita roja y el lobo glotón - Helena Landínez - Villegas Editores S.A.
Best Interior Design
Colombia en Flor - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Arte Internacional, Colección del Banco de la República - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Descubre Tu Estillo: Tu Guía Para Vestir Mejor - Armando Alvarez - Random House Mondadori
Best Use of Photos
Apalaanchi, pescadores Wayuu - Santiago Harker - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Medellin 360º, Cordial, Pujante y Bella - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Shine Boy - José Galvez - Shine Boy Media
CATEGORY E – AUDIO
Best Children’s Audio Book – Spanish or Bilingual
Frédéric Chopin - Catherine Weill - Combel Editorial – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Aesop's Fables/Las Fabulas de Esopo - Georgette Baker - Cantemos
Honorable Mention: Mulitcultural Stories/Cuentos Multiculturales - Georgette Baker - Cantemos
CATEGORY F - THE MARIPOSA AWARDS
Best First Book - English
Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz - Belinda Acosta - Grand Central Publishing
2ND Place: Fit Home Team: The Posada Family Guide to Health, Exercise and Nutrition the Inexpensive and Simple Way -
Laura Posada & Jorge Posada - Atria Books
Honorable Mention: Aim High Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic & Latina Women - Laura Contreras-Rowe - Self Published
Best First Book – Spanish - Tie
Cuantos del norte, historias del sol Hemi - Garcia Linares - CasaTomada
La Estrella de David - Daniel De Cordova - Anura Group
2ND Place: Cautiva: Testimonio de us Secuestro - Clara Rojas - Atria Books
2ND Place: Descubre Tu Estillo: Tu Guía Para Vestir Mejor - Martín Llorens - Random House Mondadori
Honorable Mention: Clara…Reencuentro con la vida - Gabriela Garcia-Williams - Self Published
In addition to these book awards, Latino Literacy Now also awards the Latino Literacy Now Lifetime Achievement Award for publishing excellence and, in association with noted actor, director and community activist Edward James Olmos, hosts the Latino Book & Family Festival series held annually in Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Latino Literacy Now • 2777 Jefferson St. #200 • Carlsbad, CA 92008 • 760-434-4484 • www.LBFF.us
12th Annual International Latino Book Awards Winners Announced
In recognition of the many positive contributions being made to Latino literature by publishers and writers worldwide, Latino Literacy Now, a non-profit organization that supports and promotes literacy and literary excellence within the Latino community, created the Latino Book Awards in 1999. The awards were presented during BookExpo America on May 25, 2010, at the Javits Center. This year we are introducing a new designation for those entries that swept the judges 1st place ballots: Triple Crown Award Winners.
The Winners (Title - Author(s) or Illustrator (s) - Publisher):
CATEGORY A – CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Best Educational Children’s Book - Spanish
Cambio Climático: Los Gases de Efecto Invernadero - Daniel R. Faust - Rosen Publishing
2ND Place: Andy Warhol - Patricia Geis - Combel Editorial
Honorable Mention: Mitología Mesoamericana: Quetzalcóatl - Tom Danish - Rosen Publishing
Best Educational Children’s Book - Bilingual
Chiles- Inés Vaughn - Rosen Publishing
2ND Place: Fun With ABC's - Loteria Style - Luciano Martinez - Lectura Books
Honorable Mention: Chocolate - Inés Vaughn - Rosen Publishing
Honorable Mention: Corn/Maiz- Inés Vaughn - Rosen Publishing
Best Children’s Picture Book – English
What Can You Do With A Paleta? - Carmen Tafolla - Trycycle Press
2ND Place: Diego: Bigger Than Life - Carmen T. Bernier-Grand - Marshall Cavendish
Honorable Mention: Lom and the Gnatters – Kurusa - Groundwood Books
Best Children’s Picture Book – Spanish
¡Al Galope! - Rufus Butler Seder - Workman Publishing
2ND Place: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Alicia en el pais de las delicias - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Hansel y Gretel y la casita endulzado - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Caperucita roja y el lobo glotón - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
Best Children’s Picture Book – Bilingual
My Papa Diego and Me/Mi papa Diego y yo - Guadalupe Rivera Marin - Children's Book Press
2ND Place: I Know the River Loves Me/Yo se que el rio me ama - Maya Christina Gonzalez - Children's Book Press
Honorable Mention: Rene Has Two Last Names/René tiene dos apellidos - René Colato Laiñez - Arte Público Press
Honorable Mention: What Can You Do With A Paleta?/¿Que puedes hacer con una paleta? - Carmen Tafolla - Trycycle Press
Best Young Adult Fiction – English
Clara…Reencuentro con la vida - Gabriela Garcia-Williams – Self Published
2ND Place: Who's Buried in the Garden - Ray Villareal - Arte Público Press
Honorable Mention: Mr. Clean’s Familia - David Bueno-Hill - Urbano Books
Best Young Adult Fiction – Spanish or Bilingual
La Canción de Shao Li - Marisol Ortiz de Zárate - Bambú
2ND Place: Dark Dude - Oscar Hijuelos - Editorial Everest
Honorable Mention: The Case of the Pen Gone Missing/El caso de la pluma perdida - René Saldaña, Jr. - Arte Público Press
Best Young Adult Nonfiction - English
Memories of My Colombia - Valentina Arango - Ediciones El Pozo
Best Young Adult Nonfiction - Spanish or Bilingual
Yes, You Can Too! The Life of Barack Obama/¡Tú También Puedes! La Vida de Barack Obama - Raquel Benatar - Laredo Publishing
2ND Place: Alegria - Kilina Vela - Trafford
Honorable Mention: Penny, Caída Del Cielo - Jennifer L. Holm - Bambú
Best Young Adult Sports/Recreation – Spanish or Bilingual
Cuahutemoc Blanco - José María Obregón - Rosen Publishing – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Amor a la Colombiana - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Colorombia Animal - Camilo Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
CATEGORY B – NONFICTION
Best Arts Book - English
Maria Brito - Juan Martinez - UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center - Triple Crown Award Winner.
2ND Place: Celia Alvarez Muñoz - Robert Tejada - UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Honorable Mention: Con Safo: The Chicano Art Group and the Battle of South Texas - Ruben C. Cordova - UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Best Arts Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Hugo Zapata - Hugo Zapata y Juan Luís Mejía - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Arte Internacional, Colección del Banco de la República - Beatriz González - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Grabados Antiguos de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Germán Rubiano Caballero - Villegas Editores S.A.
Best Biography - English
Of Earth & Sea - Marjorie Agosín - University of Arizona Press
2ND Place: The Essays - Rudolfo Anaya - University of Oklahoma Press
Honorable Mention: The Ladies' Gallery - Irene Vilar - Other Press
Best Biography - Spanish or Bilingual
Cautiva: Testimonio de us Secuestro - Clara Rojas - Atria Books
2ND Place: Las Penumbras del General. Vida y muerte de Francisco de Paula Santander - Victor Paz Otero - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Vive tu Vida al Rojo Vivo: Secretos Para Triunfar en Todo - Maria Celeste Arranas - Atria Books
Honorable Mention: Frank Pais y la Revolucion Cubana - José Alvarez - Outskirts Press
Best Gift Book - English
Aim High Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic & Latina Women - Laura Contreras-Rowe - Self Published
2ND Place: Hot. Passionate. And Illegal? Why (Almost) Everything You Thought About Latinos Just May Be True - Christián de la Fuente –
Celebra, an Imprint of Penguin Group
Best Gift Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Colombia en Flor - Hugo Zapata y Juan Luís Mejía - Villegas Editores S.A. – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Amor a la Colombiana - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: El Manuscripto de Dios - Cesar Lacayo - Ediciones Internacionales
Best History/Political Book - English
Hero Street U.S.A. - Marc Wilson - University of Oklahoma Press
2ND Place: Latinos and the Nation's Future - Henry Cisneros, Editor - Arte Público Press
2ND Place: Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon - Regina M. Marchi - Rutgers University
Best Reference Book – English - Tie
Chicana and Chicano Art - Carlos Francisco Jackson - University of Arizona Press
Latinos In College: Your Guide to Success - Mariela Dabbah - Consultare
2ND Place: The Fire of Life: The Robert Legorreta-Cyclona Collection 1962-2002 - Robb Hernandez - UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Best Reference Book - Spanish or Bilingual
MUTIS. La Real expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reyno de Granada - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cafés de Colombia - Lilianna Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Sobre lo fantastico Mexicano - Cecilia Eudave - Letra Rosa Publisher
Best Cookbook - Spanish or Bilingual
Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Caperucita roja y el lobo glotón - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Alicia en el pais de las delicias - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Hansel y Gretel y la casita endulzado - Maria Villegas & Jennie Kent - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: La cocina de los Estefan - Emilio Estefan y Gloria Estefan – Mosaico
Best Health Book – English
The Power of Your Metabolism - Frank Suarez - Metabolic Press – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Fit Home Team: The Posada Family Guide to Health, Exercise and Nutrition the Inexpensive and Simple Way –
Laura Posada & Jorge Posada - Atria Books
Best Health Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Descubre Tu Estillo: Tu Guía Para Vestir Mejor - Martín Llorens - Random House Mondadori – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: El Derecho a la Sexualidad Masculina - Frank Suarez - Self Published
Best Parenting/Family Book - English
Parents Who Cheat. How Children and Adults Are Affected When Their parents Are Unfaithful - Ana Nogales - Health Communications, Inc.
2ND Place: Fit Home Team: The Posada Family Guide to Health, Exercise and Nutrition the Inexpensive and Simple Way –
Laura Posada & Jorge Posada - Atria Books
Best Parenting/Family Book - Spanish or Bilingual - Tie
Con el Alma Rota - Juan Carlos Martin Colea - Self Published
The Wooden Bowl - El bol de Madera - Ramona Moreno Winner - Brainstorm 3000
2ND Place: En busca de Emma - Armando Lucas Correa - Rayo/Harper Collins
Best Religious Book - Spanish or Bilingual
La Vírgen de Guadalupe - Antonía de Alva - Mosaico
2ND Place: Sólo Amor - Sri Daya Mata - Self-Realization Fellowship
2ND Place: El Yoga de Jesús - Paramahansa Yogananda - Self-Realization Fellowship
Honorable Mention: Toma Decisiones Que No lamentaras - T. D. Jakes - Atria Books
Best Self-help Book - Spanish or Bilingual
El Factor X - El poder de la acción en focada - Dr. Camilo Cruz - Editorial Taller Del Exito
2ND Place: Picos y Valles - Spencer Johnson - Atria Books
Honorable Mention: La Ley del Éxito - Paramahansa Yogananda - Self-Realization Fellowship
Honorable Mention: Recetas Para Enriquecer tu Vida Sexuale Como Disfrutar de la Sexualidad en el Matrimonio –
Hector y Clemencia Zorrilla – Living Mission Ministries, Inc
Best Spiritual/New Age Book - Spanish or Bilingual
El Yoga de Jesús - Paramahansa Yogananda - Self-Realization Fellowship
2ND Place: La Sabiduria del Alma - Dr. Zhi Gang Sha - Atria Books
Honorable Mention: Meditaciones Metafisicas (revised) - Paramahansa Yogananda - Self-Realization Fellowship
Best Travel Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Amazonia Perdida. La odisea fotográfica en Colombia de Richard Evans Shultes - Wade Davis - Villegas Editores S.A. –
Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Medellin 360º, Cordial, Pujante y Bella - Cristina Abad y Carolina Jaramillo - Villegas Editores S.A.
Best Women’s Issues Book - English
Dancing with Butterflies - Reyna Grande - Atria Books
2ND Place: Impossible Motherhood - Irene Vilar - Other Press
Best Women’s Issues Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Cómo ahorro sin perder la cabeza - Ana Galán - Mosaico
2ND Place: La Niña Adentro Del Closet - Benoni Coaud - Wekann Publishing Co.
Honorable Mention: Descubre Tu Estillo: Tu Guía Para Vestir Mejor - Martín Llorens - Random House Mondadori
CATEGORY C – FICTION
Best Popular Fiction - English
B As In Beauty - Alberto Ferreras - Grand Central Publishing
2ND Place: Hungry Woman in Paris - Josefina López - Grand Central Publishing
2ND Place: Golondrina, Why Did You Leave Me? A Novel - Barbara Renaud Gonzalez - University of Texas Press
Honorable Mention: Dancing with Butterflies - Reyna Grande - Atria Books
Best Popular Fiction - Spanish or Bilingual
Diecinueve Minutos - Jodi Picoult - Atria Books
2ND Place: Amor a la Colombiana - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Nos Vemos en Purgatorio - Ani Palacios McBride - Outskirts Press
Best Novel – Adventure or Drama - English
Sweet Mary - Liz Balmaseda - Atria Books
2ND Place: The River Flows North - Graciela Limón - Arte Público Press
Honorable Mention: A Glass of Water - Jimmy Santiago Baca - Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Best Novel – Adventure or Drama – Spanish or Bilingual
Nos Vemos en Purgatorio - Ani Palacios McBride - Outskirts Press
2ND Place: El Vencedor Está Solo - Paulo Coelho - Rayo
Honorable Mention: El monte Orígo - Rosario Barros, José A. Carbonell, Carlos A. Dueñas, Rafael G. Jolly, Juan R. Martos,
Vicente A. Vásquez - Letra Rosa Publisher
Best Novel – Historical Fiction - English
Death and the American Dream - Daniel Cano - Bilingual Review Press
2ND Place: Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood memory: A Novel - Emma Perez - University of Texas Press
Honorable Mention: The Invisible Mountain - Carolina de Robertis - Alfred A. Knopf
Best Novel – Historical Fiction - Spanish or Bilingual
Las Penumbras del General. Vida y muerte de Francisco de Paula Santander - Victor Paz Otero - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: La Estrella de David - Daniel De Cordova - Anura Group
Best Novel – Mystery - English
Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery - Lucha Corpi - Arte Público Press
Best Novel – Romance - English
Vigil - Cecilia Samartin - Atria Books
2ND Place: Clara…Encountering Life - Gabriela Garcia-Williams - Self Published
Best Novel – Romance - Spanish or Bilingual
La Pildora del mal Amor - Anjanette Delgado - Atria Books – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Clara…Reencuentro con la vida - Gabriela Garcia-Williams - Self Published
Best Poetry Book - English
The Art of Exile - William Archila - Bilingual Review Press
2ND Place: Poema - Maurice Kilwein Guevara - University of Arizona Press
2ND Place: The Strange House Testifies - Ruth Irupé Sanabria - Bilingual Review Press
Honorable Mention: Faith Run - Ray Gonzalez - University of Arizona Press
CATEGORY D – DESIGN (Title – Illustrator/Designer(s) - Publisher):
Best Cover Design
Colombia en Flor - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Hugo Zapata - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Aim High Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic & Latina Women - Laura Contreras-Rowe - Self Published
Honorable Mention: Boy of the Border - Antonio Castro L. - Sweet Earth Flying Press LLC
Best Cover Illustration
Amor a la Colombiana - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Cuentos del Centro: Stories from the Latino Heartland - Maria Vasquez Boyd - Scapegoat Press
Honorable Mention: Cocinando cuentos de hadas: Caperucita roja y el lobo glotón - Helena Landínez - Villegas Editores S.A.
Best Interior Design
Colombia en Flor - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Arte Internacional, Colección del Banco de la República - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Descubre Tu Estillo: Tu Guía Para Vestir Mejor - Armando Alvarez - Random House Mondadori
Best Use of Photos
Apalaanchi, pescadores Wayuu - Santiago Harker - Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Medellin 360º, Cordial, Pujante y Bella - Benjamin Villegas - Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Shine Boy - José Galvez - Shine Boy Media
CATEGORY E – AUDIO
Best Children’s Audio Book – Spanish or Bilingual
Frédéric Chopin - Catherine Weill - Combel Editorial – Triple Crown Award Winner
2ND Place: Aesop's Fables/Las Fabulas de Esopo - Georgette Baker - Cantemos
Honorable Mention: Mulitcultural Stories/Cuentos Multiculturales - Georgette Baker - Cantemos
CATEGORY F - THE MARIPOSA AWARDS
Best First Book - English
Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz - Belinda Acosta - Grand Central Publishing
2ND Place: Fit Home Team: The Posada Family Guide to Health, Exercise and Nutrition the Inexpensive and Simple Way -
Laura Posada & Jorge Posada - Atria Books
Honorable Mention: Aim High Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic & Latina Women - Laura Contreras-Rowe - Self Published
Best First Book – Spanish - Tie
Cuantos del norte, historias del sol Hemi - Garcia Linares - CasaTomada
La Estrella de David - Daniel De Cordova - Anura Group
2ND Place: Cautiva: Testimonio de us Secuestro - Clara Rojas - Atria Books
2ND Place: Descubre Tu Estillo: Tu Guía Para Vestir Mejor - Martín Llorens - Random House Mondadori
Honorable Mention: Clara…Reencuentro con la vida - Gabriela Garcia-Williams - Self Published
In addition to these book awards, Latino Literacy Now also awards the Latino Literacy Now Lifetime Achievement Award for publishing excellence and, in association with noted actor, director and community activist Edward James Olmos, hosts the Latino Book & Family Festival series held annually in Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago.
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