TOMÁS RIVERA BOOK AWARD WINNERS FROM 2008-2017
About this Award
Picture Books
Chapter Books
Lesson Plan Resources
Lesson Plan Ideas for Picture Book Award Winners:
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhoo
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by F. Isabel Campoy & Theresa Howell and illustrated by Rafael López
Lesson Plans:
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=47153&a=1
http://maybesomethingbeautiful.com/teachersguide/
https://doors2world.umass.edu/mu/maybe-something-beautiful-how-art-transformed-neighborhood
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Lesson Plans:
https://as.vanderbilt.edu/clas-resources/media/Final%20Funny%20Bones%20Educator%20Guide.pdf
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?a=1&tid=46226&s=n
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
, written and illustrated by Duncan
Tonatiuh
Lesson Plans:
https://laii.unm.edu/info/k-12-educators/assets/documents/literature-guides/separate-is-never-equal-educators-guide.pdf
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?a=1&tid=39129&s=n
https://www.sadlier.com/school/core-literacy/interactive-read-aloud-lesson-plan-template-of-separate-is-never-equal
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/separate-is-never-equal-by-duncan-tonatiuh/
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale
, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Lesson Plans:
http://npl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/PanchoRabbit_LessonPlan.pdf
https://www.teachingbooks.net/media/pdf/SingleBGs/AmericasAward_PanchoRabbit.pdf
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=36215
https://dev-clas.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/Americas-Award-Pancho-Rabbit-Educators-Guide.pdf
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Lesson Plans:
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?a=1&tid=28803&s=n
https://achievethecore.org/page/3061/diego-rivera-his-world-and-ours
What Can You Do With a Paleta?
written by Carmen Tafolla and illustrated by Yuyi Morales
Lesson Plans:
https://achavez523.wordpress.com/2015/09/23/reader-response-3-what-can-you-do-with-a-paleta/
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=17025
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
, written by Marisa Montes and illustrated by Yuyi Morales
Lesson Plans:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/study_guides/LosGatosGuide.pdf
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=9685
Lesson Plan Ideas for Chapter Book Award Winners:
The Memory of Light
by Francisco X. Stork
Lesson Plan:
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/memory-light-discussion-guide/
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez
Lesson Plans:
https://teachinglatinamericathroughliterature.wordpress.com/educators-guide-out-of-darkness/
http://ashleyperez.com/resources-for-teachers/
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=15242
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
by Isabel Quintero
Lesson Plans:
https://teachinglatinamericathroughliterature.wordpress.com/september-2015-gabi-a-girl-in-pieces/
https://laii.unm.edu/info/k-12-educators/assets/documents/literature-guides/gabi-a-girl-in-pieces-educators-guide.pdf
http://www.cincopuntos.com/files/gabi_a-girl-in-pieces_teachers_guide.pdf
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=39562
https://sites.google.com/site/gabiagirlinpieceslis516/curriculum
Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People
by Susan Rubin
Lesson Plans:
https://www.cusd80.com/cms/lib6/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/2953/2nd%20Grade/Project%20Lesson/DIEGO%20RIVERA%20ART%20MASTRPC.%20LESSON%20REVISED.pdf
https://kidworldcitizen.org/diego-rivera-for-kids-make-your-own-mural/
https://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/the-murals-of-diego-rivera-lesson-plan/
http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/outreach/fulbright09/wininger1.pdf
http://learncreatelove.com/diego-rivera-painting-lesson/
http://etls.dpsk12.org/documents/alma/units/diegorivera.pdf
http://carnegiepicturelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Diego-Rivera-Lesson-Plan-.pdf
Under the Mesquite
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Lesson Plans:
https://teachinglatinamericathroughliterature.wordpress.com/may-2013-under-the-mesquite/
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=26961
https://www.leeandlow.com/uploads/loaded_document/431/Under_the_Mesquite.pdf
https://laii.unm.edu/info/k-12-educators/assets/documents/literature-guides/under-the-mesquite-educators-guide.pdf
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/38039221/discussion-questions-for-under-the-mesquite-lee-low-books
Sylvia and Aki
by Winifred Conkling
Lesson Plans:
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=24976
http://www.winifredconkling.com/images/sylviaakiguide.pdf
Bait
by Alex Sanchez
Lesson Plan:
http://www.alexsanchez.com/bait/bait_home_page.htm
The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans
by Carmen Tafolla
Lesson Plan:
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=37880
He Forgot to Say Goodbye
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Lesson Plans:
https://laii.unm.edu/info/k-12-educators/assets/documents/literature-guides/he-forgot-to-say-goodbye-educators-guide.pdf
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=19130
Downtown Boy
by Juan Felipe Herrera
Lesson Plan:
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?a=1&aid=1124&a2=1
About this Award
Picture Books
Chapter Books
Lesson Plan Resources