Winner:

• Before we were free by Julia Alvarez

• Behind the mountains by Edwidge Danticat
• Frida by Jonah Winter

• Flight to freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez
• Grandma and me at the flea / los meros meros remateros by Juan Felipe Herrera. Illustrated by Anita DeLucio-Brock
• I Love Saturdays y Domingos by Alma Flor Ada.  Illustrated by Elivia Savadier
• A Library for Juana by Pat Mora.  Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
• Me in the middle by Ana Maria Machado.  Pictures by Caroline Merola. Translated by David Unger
• Messengers of rain and other poems from Latin America (Simultaneous Spanish edition: Mandaderos de la Lluvia) compiled by Claudia M. Lee.  Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng
• My diary from here to there / Mi diario de aqui hasta alla by Amada Irma Pérez.  Illustrated by Maya Christina González.
• The pot the Juan built by Nancy Andrew-Goebel.  Illustrated by David Diaz

Winners:

• Picture Book:  A movie in my pillow by Jorge Argueta; illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez
• Fiction:  Breaking through by Francisco Jiménez

• In the days of the vaqueros: America's first true cowboys by Russell Freedman

• Harvest by George Ancona
• Iguanas in the snow and other winter poems by Francisco X. Alarcón. Illustrations by Maya Christina González
• The jumping tree by René Saldaña, Jr.
• Mama does the mambo by Katherine Leiner. Illustrated by Edel Rodríguez
• Uncle rain cloud by Tony Johnston. Illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broeck

Winners:

• Picture Book:  The Composition by Antonio Skármeta; illustrated by Alfonso Ruano (Gr. 3-10)
• Fiction:  The color of my words by Lynn Joseph (Gr. 4-8)

• Esperanza rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Gr. 4-8)
• My very own room / Mi propio cuartito by Amada Irma Pérez. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez (Gr. K-3)

• The Christmas gift / El regalo de Navidad by Francisco Jiménez. Illustrated by Claire B. Cotts (Gr. K-3)
• Cuban kids by George Ancona (Gr. 3-6)
• Icy watermelon / Sandia fria by Mary Sue Galindo. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard (Gr. K-2)
• Mi hija, mi hijo, el aguila, la paloma: un canto Azteca / My daughter, my son, the eagle, the dove: an Aztec chant by Ana Castillo. Illustrated by S. Guevara (Gr.6-9)
• Pedro and me: friendship, loss, and what I learned by Judd Winick (Gr. 6-12)
• Roadrunner's dance by Rudolfo Anaya. Illustrated by David Diaz (Gr. K-3)
• Salsa stories by Lulu Delacre (Gr. 3-6)

Winner:

• Crashboomlove: a novel in verse, by Juan Felipe Herrera (grades 8-12)

Honorable Mentions:

• Cuba: after the revolution written and photographed by Bernard Wolf. (Grades 4-9)
• Magic windows / Ventanas mágicas written and illustrated by Carmen Lomas Garza. Spanish translation by Francisco X. Alarcón. (Grades 3-8)

Commended:

• A is for Americas by Cynthia Chin-Lee and Terri de la Peña. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez. (Grades K-3)
• Angels ride bikes / Los angeles andan en bicicleta by Francisco X. Alarcón. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. (Grades 2-5)
• Asphalt angels by Ineke Holtwijk. Translated from the Dutch by Wanda Boeke.(Grades 8 and up)
• Carnaval by George Ancona. (Grades 2-6)
• Erandi's braids by Antonio Hernández Madrigal. Illustrated by Tomie dePaola.(Grades 2-5)
• I'm José and I'm okay; three stories from Bolivia written by Werner Holzwarth. Translated from the German by Laura McKenna. Story idea and illustrations by Yatiyawi Studios. (Grades 4-7)
• Island in the sun by Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess. Illustrated by Alex Ayliffe. (Grades K-3)
• It doesn't have to be this way: a Barrio story / No tiene que ser así: una historia del Barrio by Luis J. Rodríguez. Illustrated by Daniel Galvez. (Grades 3-8)
• Two days in May by Harriet Peck Taylor. Illustrated by Leyla Torres. (Grades 1-4)

Winners:

• Barrio: José’s neighborhood by George Ancona (Grades 1-5)
• Mama and Papa have a store by Amelia Lau Carling (Pre-K - gr 4)

Honorable Mention:

• Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella by Robert D. San Souci. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. (K - gr 4)

• Big Bushy Mustache by Gary Soto. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. (K - grade 2)
• Big Moon Tortilla by Joy Cowley. Illustrated by Dyanne Strongbow. (Grades 2-5)
• Caribbean Dream by Rachel Isadora. (K - grade 3)
• The Crab Man / El Hombre De Los Cangrejos  by Patricia E. Van West. Illustrated by Cedric Lucas. (Pre-K - older)
• Doctor Bird: Three Lookin' Up Tales from Jamaica by Gerald Hausman and Ashley Wolff. (Pre-K - older)
• Fiesta Fireworks by George Ancona. (K - older)
• From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems / Del Ombligo De La Luna Y Otros Poemas De Verano by Francisco X. Alarcón. Illustrated by Maya Christina González. (Grades 1-3)
• A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead / Un Regalo Para Abuelita: En Celebracion Del Dia Do Los Muertos by Nancy Luenn. Illustrated by Robert Chapman. (Grades 2-5)
• Greetings, Sun by Phillis and David Gershator. Illustrated by Synthia Saint James. (Pre-K - grade 1)
• Liliana's Grandmothers by Leyla Torres. (Pre-K- grade 2)
• Lolo and Red-Legs by Kirk Reeve. (Grades 3-5)
• The Magic Bean Tree: A Legend From Argentina by Nancy Van Laan. Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. (Pre-K - grade 3)
• La Mariposa by Francisco Jiménez. Illustrated by Simón Silva. (Grades 3-7)
• Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound of Our Sisterhood by Veronica Chambers. (Grades 5-8)
• Momentos Magicos: Tales from Latin America Told in English and Spanish by Olga Loya. (Grades 4-8, younger for reading aloud)
• Petty Crimes by Gary Soto. (Grades 5-8)
• The Secret Stars by Joseph Slate. Illustrated by Felipe Dávalos. (Grades 1-3)
• Tio Armando by Florence Parry Heide and Roxanne Heide Pierce. Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. (Grades 1-3)
• Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada. (Grades 3-5)

Winners:

• Fiction:  The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez (6-8)
• Picture Book:  The face at the window by Regina Hanson; illustrated by Linda Saport (K-3)

Honorable Mentions:

• Fruits: A Caribbean Counting Poem by Valerie Bloom. Illustrated by David Axtell. (K-3)
• Mayeros: A Yucatec Maya Family by George Ancona. (3-5)

• Angela Weaves a Dream by Michèle Solá. Photographs by Jeffrey Jay Foxx. (3-5)
• Baseball in the Barrio by Henry Horenstein. (K-3)
• Birthday Swap / ¡Que Sorpresa de Cumpleaños! by Loretta López. (K-3)
• Buried Onions by Gary Soto. (9-12)
• Butterfly Boy by Virginia Kroll. Illustrated by Gerardo Suzán. (K-3)
• Carlos and the Skunk / Carlos Y El Zorrillo by Jan Romero Stevens. Illustrated by Jeanne Arnold. (K-3)
• Celebrate in Central America by Joe Viesti and Diane Hall. Photographs by Joe Viesti. (3-5)
• Cocoa Ice by Diana Appelbaum. Illustrated by Holly Meade. (K-3)
• La Cucaracha Martina: A Caribbean Folktale / La Cucaracha Martina; Un Cuento Folklorico Del Caribe by Daniel Moretón. Illustrated by Daniel Moretón. (K-3)
• Cuckoo / Cucu by Lois Ehlert. Translated by Gloria de Aragón Andújar. (K-3)
• Day of the Dead by Tony Johnston and Jeanette Winter. (K-3)
• Dear Abuelita / Querida Abuelita by Sofía Meza Keane. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez. (K-3)
• Diez Deditos/Ten Little Fingers and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America selected by Jose-Luis Orozco. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. (K-3) 
• From Father to Son / De Padre a Hijo by Patricia Almada. Photographs by Marianno de López. (K-3) 
• Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada. Illustrated by Simón Silva. (K-3)
• Grannie Jus' Come by Ana Sisnett. Illustrated by Karen Lusebrink. (K-3)
• I Am of Two Places / Soy De Dos Lugares edited by Mary Carden and Mary Cappellini. Illustrated by Christina González. (K-3)
• Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates Risuenos Y Otros Poemas De Primavera by Francisco X. Alarcón. Illustrated by Maya Christina (3-5)
• A Little Salmon for Witness: A Story from Trinidad by Vashanti Rahaman. Illustrated by Sandra Speidel.  (K-3)
• The Lizard and the Sun / La Largartija Y El Sol by Alma Flor Ada. Illustrated by Felipe Dávalos. (K-3)
• Mexico's Marvelous Corn / El Maravilloso Maiz De Mexico by Margarita González-Jensen. (K-3)
• Novio Boy, a play by Gary Soto. (6-8)
• Pedrito's Day by Luis Garay. (K-3)
• Señor Cat's Romance and Other Favorite Stories From Latin America by Lucía M. González. Illustrated by Lulu Delacre. (3-5)
• Spirits of the High Mesa by Floyd Martínez. (6-8)
• The Story of Doña Chila / El Cuento De Doña Chila by Mary Capellinni. Illustrated by Gershom Griffith. (K-3)
• Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora. Illustrated by Raul Colón. (K-3)
• Where Fireflies Dance / Ahi, Donde Bailan Las Luciernagas by Lucha Corpi. Illustrated by Mira Reisberg. (K-3)
• White Bread Competition by Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández. (8-10)

Winners:

• Picture Book:  In my family/En mi familia by Carmen Lomas Garza  (K-older)
• Fiction:  Parrot in the oven: mi vida by Victor Martínez  (9-12), and So Loud a Silence by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins (9-12)

• Alphabet city ballet by Erika Tamar. (3-5)
• Anthony Reynoso: born to rope by Martha Cooper and Ginger Gordon. (K-3)
• Barrio Streets Carnival Dreams edited by Lori Marie Carlson. (6-8)
• A Bear for Miguel by Elaine Marie Alphin. Illustrated by Joan Sandin. (K-3)
• The Big Idea by Ellen Schecter. Illustrated by Bob Dorsey. (3-5)
• La Boda by Nancy Van Laan. Illustrated by Andrea Arroyo. (K-3)
• A Caribbean Counting Book complied by Faustin Charles. Illustrated by Roberta Arenson. (K-3)
• Chave's Memories / Los Recuerdos De Chave by María Isabel Delgado. Illustrated by Yvonne Symank. (K-3)
• Confetti: Poems for Children by Pat Mora. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez. (K-3)
• Darkfright by Holly Young Huth. Illustrated by Jenny Stow. (K-3)
• Elena by Diane Stanley. (3-5)
• Firefly Summer by Pura Belpré. (6-8) 
• The Garden of Happiness by Erika Tamar. Illustrated by Barbara Lambase. (K-3)
• Going Home by Eve Bunting. Illustrated by David Diaz. (K-3)
• The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico by Nina Jaffe. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez. (K-3)
• Golden Tales: Myths, Legends, and Folktales from Latin America / De Oro Y Esmeraldas: Mitos, Leyendas Y Cuentos Populares De Latino America by Lulu Delacre. (3-5)
• Good News! by Sarita Chávez Silverman. Illustrated by Melinda Levine. (K-3)
• Hooray, A Piñata! by Elisa Kleven. (K-3)
• In Rosa's Mexico by Campbell Geeslin. Illustrated by Andrea Arroyo. (K-3)
• Jade and Iron: Latin American Tales from Two Cultures edited by Patricia Aldana. Translated by Hugh Hazelton. Illustrated by Luis Garay. (3-5)
• Jalapeño Bagels by Natasha Wing. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. (K-3)
• Josefina by Jeanette Winter. (K-3)
• Journey of the Nightly Jaguar by Burton Albert. Illustrated by Robert Roth. (K-3)
• The Magic Maguey by Tony Johnston. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. (K-3)
• Miro in the Kingdom of the Sun by Jane Kurtz. Illustrated by David Frampton. (K-3)
• My Mexico - Mexico Mio by Tony Johnston. Illustrated by F. John Sierra. (K-3)
• Nina Bonita by Ana Maria Machado. Illustrated by Rosana Faría. Translated by Elena Iribarren. (K-3)
• Old Letivia and the Mountain of Sorrows by Nicholasa Mohr. Illustrated by Rudy Gutiérrez. (K-3)
• The Old Man and His Door by Gary Soto. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. (K-3)
• Pascual's Magic Pictures by Amy Glaser Gage. Illustrated by Karen Dugan. (K-3)
• Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita Y La Llorona by Gloria Anzaldúa. Illustrated by Christina González. (K-3)
• Running the Road to ABC by Denizé Lauture. Illustrated by Reynold Ruffins. (K-3)
• Sweet, Sweet Fig Banana by Phillis Gershator. Illustrated by Fritz Millevoix. (K-3)
• Tonito's Cat by Mary Calhoun. Illustrated by Edward Martínez. (K-3)
• Toussaint L'ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom by Walter Dean Myers. Paintings by Jacob Lawrence. (6-8)
• Uncle Snake by Matthew Gollub. Illustrated by Leovigildo Martínez. (K-3)

Winner:

• Tonight, by Sea by Frances Temple (young adult)

• An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio by Judith Ortiz Cofer. (young adult)
• Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto. Illustrated by Susan Guevara. (picture book)
• Heart of a Jaguar by Marc Talbert. (young adult)

• Calling the doves / El canto de las palomas by Juan Felipe Herrera. Illustrated by Elly Simmons. (picture book)
• Canto familiar by Gary Soto. Illustrated by Annika Nelson. (poetry, ages 8-12)
• A Caribbean dozen: poems from Caribbean poets edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols. Illustrated by Cathie Felstead. (poetry, ages 7-11)
• Carlos, light the farolito by Jean Ciavonne. Illustrated by Donna Clair. (picture book)
• The faithful friend by Robert D. San Souci. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. (picture book)
• The farolitos of Christmas by Rudolfo Anaya. Illustrated by Edward Gonzales. (picture book)
• Fernando's gift / El regalo de Fernando by Douglas Keister. Photographs by Douglas Keister. (picture book)
• Fiesta U.S.A. (Spanish and English editions) by George Ancona. (photo essay, ages 7-10)
• The gullywasher by Joyce Rossi. (picture book)
• Hi by Ann Herbert Scott. Illustrated by Glo Coalson. (picture book)
• How Iwariwa the cayman learned to share: a Yanomami myth retold and illustrated by George Crespo. (picture book)
• Indio by Sherry Garland. (young adult)
• Isla / La isla (English and Spanish editions) by Arthur Dorros. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. (picture book)
• Juan Bobo and the horse of seven colors: a Puerto Rican legend retold by Jan Mike. Illustrated by Charles Reasoner. (picture book)
• The magic feather: a Jamaican legend retold by Lisa Rojany. Illustrated by Philip Kuznicki. (picture book)
• Mediopollito / Half-chicken by Alma Flor Ada. Illustrated by Kim Howard. (picture book)
• My first book of proverbs/Mi primer libro de dichos by Ralfka Gonzalez and Ana Ruiz. (picture book)
• Pedro fools the gringo, and other tales of a Latin American trickster by Maria Cristina Brusca and Tona Wilson. Illustrated by Maria Cristina Brusca. (easy fiction)
• People of the corn: a Mayan story retold by Mary-Joan Gerson. Pictures by Carla Golembe. (picture book)
• Rabbit wishes by Linda Shute. (picture book)
• Saturday sancocho by Leyla Torres. (picture book)
• The secret of two brothers by Irene Beltran Hernandez. (young adult)
• The song of El Coqui: and other tales of Puerto Rico by Nicholasa Mohr and Antonio Martorell. (picture book)
• The spirit of Tio Fernando: a Day of the Dead story by Janice Levy. Illustrated by Morella Fuenmayor. (picture book)
• The stowaway: a tale of California pirates by Kristiana Gregory. (young adult)
• Summer on wheels by Gary Soto. (fiction for children)
• A sunburned prayer by Marc Talbert. (young adult)
• Sweet fifteen by Diane Gonzales Bertrand. (young adult)
• The tangerine tree by Regina Hanson. Illustrated by Harvey Stevenson. (picture book)
• The tortilla factory/La tortilleria (Spanish and English editions) by Gary Paulsen. Paintings by Ruth Wright Paulsen. (picture book)
• The tree is older than you are: a bilingual gathering of poems and stories from Mexico with paintings by Mexican artists selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. (poetry, ages 8-adult)
• When jaguars ate the moon and other stories about animals and plants of the Americas by Maria Cristina Brusca and Tona Wilson. Illustrated by Maria Cristina Brusca. (picture book)

Winner:

• The Mermaid’s Twin Sister: more stories from Trinidad by Lynn Joseph (young reader)

• Alejandro's gift by Richard E. Albert.  Illustrated by Sylvia Long. (picture book)
• Angel's kite / La estrella de Angel by Alberto Blanco.  Illustrated by Rodolfo Morales. (picture book)
• Beyond the ancient cities by Jose Maria Merino.  Translated by Helen Lane. (young adult)
• Billy by Laura Roybal (young adult)
• The bossy gallito: a traditional Cuban folktale retold by Lucia M.Gonzalez.  Illustrated by Lulu Delacre. (picture book)
• Caribbean alphabet  by Frane Lessac. (picture book)
• Cool salsa: bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States edited by Lori Carlson.  Introduction by Oscar Hijuelos. (poetry)
• A day's work by Eve Bunting.  Illustrated by Ronald Himler. (picture book)
• De colores and other Latin America folk songs for children Selected, arranged and translated by Jose-Luis Orozco.  Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. (picture music book)
• Feliz Nochebuena, Feliz Navidad by Maricel E. Presilla.  Pictures by Ismael Espinosa Ferrer. (picture book)
• Grandmother's nursery rhymes / Las nanas de abuelita by Nelly Palacio Jaramillo.  Illustrated by Elivia Savadier. (picture book)
• How music came to the world: an ancient Mexican myth retold by Hal Ober.  Illustrated by Carol Ober. (picture book)
• How night came from the sea: a story from Brazil, retold by Mary-Joan Gerson.  Illustrated by Carla Golembe. (picture book)
• The hummingbird's gift by Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes. Straw weavings by Juliana Reyes de Silva and Juan Hilario Silva. (picture book)
• I have news collected by Walter Jekyll.   Rhymes chosen by Neil Philip.  Illustrated by Jacqueline Mair. (picture book)
• Imagining Isabel by Omar S. Castaneda. (young adult)
• Juan Bobo: four folktales from Puerto Rico retold by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand.  Illustrated by Ernesto Ramos Nieves. (young readers, ages 4-8)
• The legend of the poinsettia retold and illustrated by Tomie de Paola. (picture book)
• Lights on the river by Jane Resh Thomas.  Illustrated by Michael Dooling. (picture book)
• Not a copper penny in me house: poems from the Caribbean by Monica Gunning.  Illustrated by Frane Lessac. (picture book)
• My two worlds by Ginger Gordon.  Photographs by Martha Cooper. (non-fiction) 
• Over here it's different: Carolina's story by Mildred Leinweber Dawson. Photographs by Geroge Ancona. (non-fiction)
• Pablo's tree by Pat Mora.  Illustrated by Cecily Lang. (picture book)
• Platero y yo / Platero and I by Juan Ramon Jimenez.  Selected, translated and adapted from the Spanish by Myra Cohn Livingston and Joseph F. Dom¡nguez.  Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. (young reader, ages 8-12)
• Ransom for a river dolphin by Sarita Kendall. (young adult)
• Rata, pata, scata, fata: A Caribbean story by Phyllis Gershator. Illustrated by Holly Meade. (picture book)
• The red comb by Fernando Pico.  Illustrated by Maria Antonia Ordonez. (picture book)
• Rio Grande stories by Carolyn Meyer. (young adult)
• The sad night: the story of an Aztec victory and a Spanish loss written and illustrated by Sally Schofer Mathews. (picture book)
• Saturday market by Patricia Grossman.  Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. (picture book)
• The tale of Rabbit and Coyote by Tony Johnston.  Illustrations by Tomie de Paola. (picture book)
• Tap-tap by Karen Lynn Williams.  Illustrated by Catherine Stock. (young reader)
• The tree that rains: the flood myth of the Huichol Indians of Mexico by Emery and Durga Bernhard. (picture book)
• Tukama tootles the flute: a tale from the Antilles retold by Phillis Gershator.  Paintings by Synthia Saint James. (picture book)
• Voices from the field: children of migrant farmworkers tell their stories. Interviews and Photographs by S. Beth Atkin. (young adult, non-fiction)
• Walking stars: stories of magic and power by Victor Villasenor. (young adult)
• When the monkeys came back by Kristine L. Franklin.  Illustrated by Robert Roth. (picture book)
• Where the flame trees bloom by Alma Flor Ada.  Illustrated by Antonio Martorell. (young reader)

Winner:

• Vejigante Masquerader by Lulu Delacre (picture book)

• Abuela's weave by Omar Castaneda.  Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez (picture book)
• Celebrating the hero by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins (young adult)
• For the life of Laetitia by Merle Hodge (young adult)
• Hue boy by Rita Phillips Mitchell.  Illustrated by Caroline Binch (picture book)
• The little painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun. Illustrated by Robert Casilla (picture book)
• Radio man, a story in English and Spanish by Arthur Dorros. Spanish translation by Sandra Marulanda Dorros (picture book)