Pat Mora wins May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
I missed this announcement last month: Texas author Pat Mora won the The May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award. Mora is a children’s book writer who may be best-known for bringing El día de los niños, el día de los libros to the US. Her books include:
- The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe – illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
- Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day, Book Day/Celebremos el Dia de los libros – illustrated by Rafael López
- A Piñata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas – illustrated by Magaly Morales
- Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart – illustrated by Rafael López
- ¡Marimba!: Animales From A to Z – illustrated by Doug Cushman
- Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart – illustrated by Raúl Colón
- A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inés – illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
About the award: “The lecturer, announced annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, may be an author, illustrator, editor, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children’s literature, of any country, who shall prepare a paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children’s literature. ”
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