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Matt de la Peña becomes first Latino male author to win prestigious Newbery Medal.

For the first time in 94 years, a Latino male author has won the John Newbery Medal for literature, considered one of the most important honors for American children’s books.

REFORMA announces the 2016 Pura Belpré awards winners and celebrates historic wins in the 2016 Youth Media Awards.

Established in 1996, the Pura Belpré Award is named after a pioneer in Latino librarianship, Pura Belpré, who revolutionized the role of Latinos and people of color in the library field as well as empowering the Puerto Rican community through her work.

Get to know this week's list of best selling titles in Spanish for week 1 ending on January 10th., 2016.

Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 1 of 2016 (week ending 01/10/2015).

Public library in Highland Park, Illinois hosts Kid Lit Fest to kick off January's iRead program.

The iRead program, coordinated at the library by Youth Librarian Harriet Gilman, is in its tenth year and boasts a 68 percent participation rate among students grades one to eight, said one event official.

Local bookstore partner shares experiences from book-delivering trip at U.S.-Mexico border

A co-owner of a local bookstore discussed the importance of multilingual children’s literature for Latino refugee children at Evanston Public Library (Illinois) on Saturday December 9th, 2016.

"Por el Placer de Vivir con Cesar Lozano" radio show continues amazing U.S. growth.

AIRE Radio Networks announced today that in just 17 months "Por el Placer de Vivir con Cesar Lozano" (The Joy of Living with Cesar Lozano) is airing in 30 markets covering over 60% of the top U.S. Hispanic DMAs, including Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, McAllen, and Atlanta.

Miguel de Cervantes, on building up his name.

Homage on the 400th Anniversary of the Death of Cervantes raises questions about how many details are known about his life.

Premio Casa 2016 exalts Latin American Literature.

The 57th edition of the Literature Prize Casa de las Americas promises a first-level event according to standards set in its previous versions, announced the organizing committee.

Holland, Michigan Public schools begin enrolling students in new Spanish immersion classes.

Holland, MI Public Schools are now enrolling kindergarten students for their new two-way Spanish bilingual immersion (TWBI) K-7 school for the fall of 2016. The TWBI program has been growing at the district’s West K-7 school, and has been adding grade levels and sections throughout the years.

Bilingual Oregon middle school teacher 'can teach anyone, anything,' wins $25,000.

Ricardo Larios, a bilingual teacher at Salem, Oregon's Waldo Middle School, was chosen Wednesday as Oregon's winner of the $25,000 Milken Award for the most outstanding educator.

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