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2009 Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Honor Book. |
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2009 ALA/ALSC Pura Belpré Children’s Literature Honor Medal for narrative. |
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2009 Américas Award, Honor. |
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2009 ALA Notable Book. |
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2009 Skipping Stones Honor Award. |
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2009 International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention. |
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2008 ForeWord Book of the Year Award, Finalist. |
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Selected by the USF/SLIS Alumni Society as the School’s 1998 Outstanding Graduate. |
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1996 ALA/ALSC Pura Belpré Children’s Literature Honor Medal for narrative. |
| Other: |
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2010-11 President of REFORMA: the National Association to Promote Library Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking |
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2010 ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpre Award Selection Committee, Chair |
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2006-09 National Chair of the REFORMA Children’s and Young Adult Services Committee |
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Presenter at ALA Annual Conventions (1995, 1997, and 1998); Texas Library Association Convention (1995); Miami Book Fair International (1996, 2001, and 2003); Novello Festival of Reading (October 1998); International School of Warsaw (Poland, 1999), ContArte Festival of the Word (Cuba, 2003). |
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Keynote speaker at The National Council of Teachers of English 87th Convention (1997), Shenandoah University and Texas Woman’s University Children’s Literature Conferences (1996 and 1997). |
| Professional Affiliationsa |
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American Library Association (ALA) |
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Public Library Association (PLA) |
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Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) |
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Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
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The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA) |
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National Writers Association |
