# 2017 Américas Award Ceremony

Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport, author and illustrator of "Ada's Violin" and Alexandra Diaz, author of "The Only Road" receive the 2017 Américas Award, given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction, from picture books to works for young adults, that authentically portray Latin America, the Caribbean or Latinos in the United States.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2017
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690614/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021690614?play=1)