# 2006 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature

Authors Margarita Engle and Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren and illustrators Sean Qualls and Nicole Tadgell received the 2006 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature at the 14th annual award presentation hosted by the Library of Congress Hispanic Division and the Center for the Book. The award is sponsored by the Consortium of the Latin American Studies Program (CLASP) at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Engle and Qualls were honored for their book "The Poet Slave of Cuba" (Henry Holt, 2006). Elvgren and Tadgell were recognized for their book "Josias, Hold the Book" (Boyds Mill, 2006). The Americas Award recognizes outstanding U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore or selected nonfiction published in the previous year. The works must "authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean or Latinos in the United States." For more information about the Americas Award and CLASP, visit this site.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2007
- By: Library Of Congress. Center For The Book
- Genres: Children's
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687883/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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