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Film, Video 2019 Américas Awards

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Title

  • 2019 Américas Awards

Summary

  • The Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is literary award presented annually that recognizes high quality "children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use." It was first awarded in 1993 by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. The award is presented annually at a ceremony at the Library of Congress during Hispanic Heritage Month, along with coordinating workshops for teachers.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Hispanic Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-09-27.

Notes

  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Denise Woltering-Vargas, Colleen McCoy, Duncan Tonatiuh, Connie Sharp, Francie Latour, Christi Moraga, David Campos.
  • -  Recorded on 2019-09-27.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024696806

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Hispanic Division. Américas Awards. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-27, 2019. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696806/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Hispanic Division, S. B. (2019) Américas Awards. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-27. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696806/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Hispanic Division. Américas Awards. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-27, 2019. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024696806/>.