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The Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award recognizes authors and illustrators whose literary work depict the Mexican American experience. [1] This award was established in 1995 by the Texas State University College of Education in honor of distinguished alumnus, Tomás Rivera [2] an educator, poet and author of literary works depicting the difficulties experienced by Mexican ...
Tomás Rivera (December 22, 1935 – May 16, 1984) was a Mexican American author, poet, and educator. He was born in Texas to migrant farm workers, and worked in the fields as a young boy.
Rivera, Tomás (1977) ...y no se lo tragó la tierra/...And the Earth Did Not Part. Trans by Herminio Rios, Berkeley: Justa Publications. Rivera, Tomás (1987) ...y no se lo tragó la tierra/ ...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him (English and Spanish edition). Translated by Evangelina Vigil-Piñón.
The book is the recipient of the 2017 Tomás Rivera Book Award for Young Readers. [12] It was also honored by the International Latino Book Awards as best Latino-focused children's picture book. [94] This story celebrates the power of community and reminds readers that a small group of committed individuals can impact meaningful change. [95]
Bustle named the book to a list of the best 15 young adult books appearing in October 2017 [23] and it was a finalist for the National Book Award for young people's literature. [24] It also won the 2018 Tomás Rivera Award. [25] The novel has also appeared on the New York Times Bestsellers list and Time's Best 100 YA Books of All Time. [26] [27]
It must be very rare, if not unheard of, for a pair of married writers to have books on the same best-of-the-year list, but here we are in 2024, and Senna has written a superb comic novel, while ...
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In 2020, Torres's second collection of short stories, Migrations, won the Inaugural Tomas Rivera Book Prize, sponsored by the University of California, Riverside, and the Los Angeles Review of Books and judged by Luis Alberto Urrea.