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9th 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, created the Latino Book Awards in 1999. Due to the dramatic increase in recent years in nominations of literary works from Mexico, Central and South America and Spain, the title of the awards was changed to the International Latino Book Awards in 2006. The awards were presented during BookExpo America on May 31, 2007, at the Javits Center in New York City. These awards honor literary excellence in a variety of categories. Latino Literacy Now is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes literacy and literary excellence within the Latino community.

A list of winners of the 2007 Latino Book Awards

THE 2007 LATINO BOOK AWARD WINNERS:

Best Educational Children’s Book – Bilingual
New Mexico/Nuevo México, José María Obregón. Rosen Publishing Group
2nd Place: Puerto Rico, José María Obregón. Rosen Publishing Group
Honorable Mention: Teo and The Brick/Teo y El Ladrillo, Adam Del Rio.
Lectura Books

Best Children’s Picture Book – English
The Boy of Steel, Ray Negron. HarperCollins Publishers
2ND Place: Noelle's Treasure Tale: A New Magically Mysterious Adventure,
Gloria Estefan.
Rayo Harper Collins

Best Children’s Picture Book – Bilingual
Super Oscar, Oscar de la Hoya. Paula Wise Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
2ND Place: ¡Pío Peep!, Alma Flor Ada. Rayo Harper Collins
2ND Place: Talking With Mother Earth/Hablando con Madre Tierra, Jorge Argueta. Groundwood Books/House of Ansansi Press
Honorable Mention: Lupe Vargas and Her Super Best Friend, Amy Costales.
Luna Rising

Best Children’s Picture Book – Spanish
La primera luna llena de Gatita, Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books/Rayo
2ND Place: Napí va a la montaña, Antonio Ramírez. Groundwood Books/House of Ansansi Press.
Honorable Mention: Benny, Sieb Posthuma. Kane/Miller Book Publishers

Best Young Adult Fiction - English
Ribbons of the Sun, Harriet Hamilton. Brown Barn Books
2ND Place: Getting It, Alex Sanchez. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Honorable Mention: ¡Ay Mija! Why Do You Want To Be An Engineer?, Edna Campos Gravenhorst.
AHETEMS (Advancing Hispanic excellence in Technology, Engeneering, Math & Science)

Best Young Adult Fiction – Spanish
La Chica de Mendiburo, Adalucía. Cholita Prints & Publishing Co
2ND Place: Septimus Heap, Libro Uno: Magyk, Angie Sage. Rayo Harper Collins
Honorable Mention: Cartas a mi mama, Teresa Cardenas. Groundwood Books/House of Ansansi Press

Best Young Adult Fiction - Bilingual
The Ruiz Street Kids/Los Muchachos de la calle Ruiz, Diane Gonzales Bertrand. Arte Publico Press
2ND Place: Graciela's Dream/El Sueño de Graciela, Max Benavidez & Katherine Del Monte. Lectura Books

Best Young Adult Nonfiction - English
When I Was a Boy Neruda Called Me Policarpo, Poli Délano. Groundwood Books/House of Ansansi Press
2ND Place: Mesoamerican mythology, Graham Faiella. Rosen Publishing Group
Honorable Mention: Letter to My Granddaughter, Eva S. Molína. AuthorHOUSE

Best Young Adult Nonfiction - Spanish
El primer año del bebé, Jeanne Warren Lindsay. Morning Glory Press
2ND Place: Púberman, María Villegas - Jennie Kent. Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Animales Atlas can Pegatinas, Ruth Brocklehurst.
EDC Publishing/Usborne

Best Arts Book - English
Bogatá 360, Inside the City, Enrique Santos Molano. Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Guatemala (Inglés), Harris Whitbeck. Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Crafty Chica's Art de la Soul, Kathy Cano Murillo. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best Biography - English
Raúl Salinas and the Jail Machine: My Weapon Is My Pen, Raúl Salinas. Univ of Texas Press
2ND Place: I Am My Father's Daughter, Maria Elena Salinas. Rayo/HarperCollins
2ND Place: Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends, John Leguizamo. Ecco/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, Rigoberto González.University of Wisconsin Press

Best Business Book - English
The Salsa Solution, Rafael Colón & Alesa Lightbourne. VI Publishing
2ND Place: The Money In You!, Julie Stav. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: Latino Advantage in the Workplace, Mariela Dabbah & Arturo Poire. Sourcebooks, Inc.

Best Health Book - English
Gordito Doesn’t Mean Healthy, Claudia González & Lourdes Alcañiz.
Berkley (Penguin)
2ND Place: The Checklist, Manny Alvarez. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best History Book - English
Enriqueta Vasquez & the Chicano Movement, Enriqueta Vasquez. Arte Publico Press
2ND Place: A Home on the Field, Paul Cuadros. Rayo/HarperCollins
2ND Place: The Holy Vote, Ray Suarez. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices From El Barrio, Juanita Diaz-Cotto.University of Texas Press

Best New Age Book - English
Nostradamus, Gonzaol Echeverry Uruburu. Villegas Editores S.A.

Best Religious Book - English
The Holy Vote, Ray Suarez. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best Self-help Book - English
Once Upon A Cow, Dr. Camilo Cruz. Brainstorm Press, Inc.    
2ND Place: The Money In You!, Julie Stav. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: Real Life, Real Love, Father Alberto Cutié. Penguin Group, USA Inc.
Honorable Mention: The Love Diet, Mabel Iam. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best Travel Book - English
The World Cup, Fernando Fiore. Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers
2ND Place: Colombia 360, Cities and Towns, Enrique Santos Molano.
Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: Es Cuba: Life and Love on an Illegal Island, Lea Aschkenas.

Best Reference - English
Colombia Natural Parks, Laura Sesana. Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place:Chicano and Chicana Literature, Charles M. Tatum.
University of Arizona Press
Honorable Mention: Enigmas of the English Alphabet, Alvaro Alves-Milho. AuthorHOUSE
Honorable Mention: How To Buy a Home, Louis Cortés. Atria Books

Best Arts Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Eyes To Fly With: Portraits, Self-Portraits and Other Photographs, Graciela Iturbide. University of Texas Press
2ND Place:Omar Rayo Homenaje, Omar Rayo. Villegas Editores S.A.

Best Biography - Spanish or Bilingual
Clemente, David Maraniss. Atria Books
2ND Place: La Hija del Ganges, Asha Miró. Atria Books
Honorable Mention: Yo Soy la Hija de mi Padre, Maria Elena Salinas. Rayo/HarperCollins          

Best Business Book - Spanish or Bilingual 
El Dinero que Hay en Ti!, Julie Stav. Rayo/HarperCollins
2ND Place: Como Comunicarnos en Público con Poder, Entusiasmo y Efectividad. Dr. Camilo Cruz. Brainstorm Press, Inc.

Best Cookbook - Spanish or Bilingual
 Larousse De La Cocina Mexicana, Alicia Gironella De Angeli, Giorgio De Angeli. Ediciones Larousse
2ND Place: Primicias de Cocina Peruana, Rodolfo Hinostioza.
Editorial EverestHonorable Mention: Sabrosuras Boricuas, Erisbelia Garriga.                 

Best Health Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Tu: El Manual de Instrucciones, Mehmet Oz & Michael F. Roizen. Rayo/HarperCollins
2ND Place: El Cuidado De Su Hijo Pequeño Desde Que Nace Hasta Los Cincos Años, Steven P. Shelow, MD and Robert E. Hannemann, MD. American Bantam Books
Honorable Mention: Gordito no significa saludable, Claudia González & Lourdes Alcañiz. Berkley (Penguin)

Best History/Political Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Breve Historia de Cuba, Jaime Suchlicki. Pureplay Press           
2ND Place: El Asesor del Presidente, Bill Minutaglio. Rayo/Harper Collins
Honorable Mention: La política, el amor y otros textos, Alberto Dangond Uribe. Villegas Editores S.A.

Best New Age Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Más Allá de la Reencarnación, Dr. Joe Slate. Llewellyn Español   
2ND Place: La Magia de las Piedras y los Cristales, Migene González-Wippler. Llewellyn Español
Honorable Mention: Astrología, Brenda Valentín. Llewellyn Español

Best Religious Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Por que Dios permite el mal y cómo superarlo, Paramahansa Yogananda.
Self-Realization Fellowship
2ND Place: Mejda, Sananda Lal Ghosh. Self-Realization Fellowship
Honorable Mention: Cautivado por la Alegria, C.S. Lewis. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: Autobiografía de un Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda.
Self-Realization Fellowship

Best Self-help Book - Spanish or Bilingual (tie for 1st)
Ama De Verdad, Vive De Verdad, Padre Alberto Cutié. Penguin Group, USA Inc.
Como Llegue Aca?, Barbara De Angelis. Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers
2ND Place: Claves para ser propietario - 2da Edición, ational Foundation for Credit Counseling.
Honorable Mention: Marte y Venus en el Dormitorio, John Gray. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best Travel Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Colombia 360 Ciudades y Pueblos, Enrique Santos Molano. Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Vamos al Mundial!, Fernando Fiore. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best Reference Book - Spanish or Bilingual
Ayude a Sus hijos a Tener Éxito en la Escuela, Mariela Dabbah. Sourcebooks, Inc.
2ND Place: Parques Naturales, Laura Sesana. Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: La Guia Completa de Vitaminas, Hierbas y Suplementos, Winifred Conkling. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best Novel – Adventure or Drama - English
Inés of My Soul, Isabel Allende. HarperCollins Publishers
2ND Place: Our Lives Are the Rivers, Jamie Manrique. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: The Last Cato, Matilde Asensi. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best Poetry Book - English
Adobe Odes, Pat Mora. University of Arizona Press 
2ND Place: DRIVE: The First Quartet, Lorna Dee Cervantes. Wings Press
Honorable Mention: How Long She'll Last in This World, María Meléndez. University of Arizona Press

Best Novel – Adventure or Drama - Spanish
El Corrido de Dante, Eduardo González Viaña. Arte Publico Press
2ND Place: El Pergamino de la Seduccion, Gioconda Belli. Rayo/HarperCollins
2ND Place: Inés del Alma Mia, Isabel Allende. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: McQuinn, la impostura, Julio Castellanos. Villegas Editores S.A.

Best Novel – Historical Fiction - English
Our Lives Are the Rivers, Jamie Manrique. Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers
2ND Place: Tomorrow They Will Kiss, Eduardo Santiago.
Little, Brown & Company
2ND Place: The Scroll of Seduction, Gioconda Belli. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: The Song of the Golden Cocks, Margaret Donnelly. Trafford Publishing

Best Novel – Romance - English
Do Not Pass Go, Beatriz Rivera. Arte Publico Press  
2ND Place: The Mystics of Reyesville, Corinne Chacón. iUniverse, Inc.

Best Novel – Mystery - English
The Last Cato, Matilde Asensi. Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers
2ND Place: Statute of Limitations, Steven F. Havill. St Martin's Press
Honorable Mention: The Mystics of Reyesville, Corinne Chacón. iUniverse, Inc.
Honorable Mention: The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, Mario Acevedo. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: Missing in Precinct Puerto Rico, Steven Torres.
St Martin's Press

Best Novel – Historical Fiction - Spanish
Malinche, Laura Esquivel. Atria Books  
2ND Place: El Pergamino de la Seduccion, Gioconda Belli. Rayo/HarperCollins
Honorable Mention: Inés del Alma Mia, Isabel Allende. Rayo/HarperCollins

Best Novel – Romance - Spanish
Lo Que Le Falta Al Tiempo, Angela Becerra. Villegas Editores S.A.

Best Poetry Book - Spanish
Among the Angeles of Memory/Entre los ángeles de la memoria, Marjorie Agosín. Wings Press          
2ND Place: Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico, Luis Cortés Bargalló. Sarabande Books
Honorable Mention: La Ventana/The Window, Marie Delgado Travis.

Best Cover Design – Hard Cover
Guatemala Inedita, Cristobal Von Rothkirch, Illustrator. Villegas Editores S.A.

Best Cover Design – Soft Cover
The Mystics of Reyesville, Corinne Chacón/Susan Klein, Illustrators. iUniverse, Inc.
2ND Place: La Chica de Mendiburo, Adalucía, Illustrator. Cholita Prints & Publishing Co
Honorable Mention: La furia de los elementos, Luis Fernando Charry.
Villegas Editores S.A.

Best Interior
Omar Rayo, Oscar Monsalve, Illustrator. Villegas Editores S.A.
2ND Place: Las Últimas Siete Palabras de Cristo, Oscar Romero, Illustrator. World Library Publications
Honorable Mention: La Chica de Mendiburo, Adalucía, Illustrator. Cholita Prints & Publishing

Best Cover Illustration
The Mystics of Reyesville, Corinne Chacón, Illustrator. iUniverse, Inc.
2ND Place: Púberman, Iván Chacón, Illustrator. Villegas Editores S.A.
Honorable Mention: La Chica de Mendiburo, Adalucía, Illustrator.
Cholita Prints & Publishing                 

Best Children’s Audio Book – Spanish or Bilingual
Leah Ann adopta un perico, Connie Reza. ¡yo puedo! Publishing

Best Fiction Audio Book - – Spanish or Bilingual
Malinche, Laura Esquivel. Fonolibro Inc.                 

Best Non Fiction Audio Book – Spanish or Bilingual
La Vaca, Dr. Camilo Cruz. Brainstorm Press, Inc.
2ND Place: Los 7 Pasos Para Ser Mas Feliz, Dra. Isabel. Fonolibro Inc.

The Mariposa Awards:Best First Book - Spanish
Leah Ann adopta un perico, Connie Reza. ¡yo puedo! Publishing    
2ND Place: Lupe Vargas and Her Super Best Friend, Amy Costales. Luna Rising
2ND Place: Padres de Hoy, Iris Yankelevich. Llewellyn Español
2ND Place: Púberman, María Villegas - Jennie Kent. Villegas Editores S.A
Honorable Mention: La dificultad de las cosas, Mauricio Bernal. Villegas Editores S.A

Best First Book - English
The Heiress of Water, Sandra Rodriguez Barron. Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers
2ND Place: Sister Chicas, Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal, Jane Alberdeston Coralin. New American Library
Honorable Mention: Tomorrow They Will Kiss, Eduardo Santiago.
Little, Brown & Company

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