1996 Pure Belpre Award Winning books

• An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio by Judith Ortiz Cofer**
• Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto and Susan Guevara**
• The Bossy Gallito/El Gallo de Bodas by Lucía González**
• Baseball in April by Gary Soto*
• Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead by George Ancona*
• Family Pictures/Cuadros mi familia by Carmen Lomas Garza*

** author/illustrator award winner
* author/illustrator honor winner