2001

• My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults, by Pat Mora, is named to the Texas Library Association's 2001-2002 Tayshas High School Reading List
• My Own True Name: Named to The New York Public Library's 2001 Books for the Teen Age List. named to The New York Public Library's 2001 Books for the Teen Age List.
• Icy Watermelon / Sandía fría: by Mary Sue Galindo, is named a commended title in the 2000 Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature.
• My Own True Name: is a finalist in Southwest Texas State University's 2001 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Literature Award.
• Magda's Tortillas / Las tortillas de Magda : is named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award.
• Icy Watermelon/Sandía fría: is named a Parents' Choice Picture Book Approved Winner.
• Home Killings: by Marcos McPeek Villatoro, is named one of the best books of 2001 by the Los Angeles Times.
• Women's Tales from the New Mexico WPA: La diabla a pie: edited by Tey Diana Rebolledo and María Teresa Márquez, is one of 11 books named to the Southwest Books of the Year - Best Reading in 2001.
• Trino's Time: is a finalist in Southwest Texas State University's 2001 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Literature Award.
• Trino's Time: is named one of three finalists for the Texas Institute of Letters' 2001 Austin Public Library's Young Adult Book Award.
• Trino's Time: is named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine's 2001 ook of the Year Awards for Best Young Adult Novel.
• Lorenzo's Secret Mission : is named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine's 2001 Book of the Year Awards for Best Young Adult Novel.
• Home Killings: is named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine's 2001 Book of the Year Awards for Best Mystery Novel.


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2000

• Lessons of the Game: by Diane Gonzales Bertrand, and Loves Me, Loves Me Not, by Anilú Bernardo, are included in The New York Public Library´s 2000 Books for the Teen Age.
• Trino´s Choice: by Diane Gonzales Bertrand, is named Best Book of the Year, in the Young Adult Category, by ForeWord Magazine.
• Loves Me, Loves Me Not: by Anilú Bernardo, is named to the American Library Association´s 2000 YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults list.


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1999

• Odyssey to the North: by Mario Bencastro, is a finalist in the 1999 Independent Publisher Books Awards in the Multi-Cultural Fiction category.
• 1999-2000 Houston Area Independent School Library Network Recommended: Seven Piñata Books are included in the 1999-2000 Houston Area Independent School Library Network Recommended Reading List: Fitting In, Jumping Off to Freedom, The Desert Is My Mother/El desierto es mi madre, Chave’s Memories/Los recuerdos de Chave, Spirits of the High Mesa, The Tall Mexican: The Life of Hank Aguirre, All-Star Pitcher, Businessman, Humanitarian and Versos sencillos/Simple Verses.
• Call Me Consuelo: by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman, is named to the 1999 Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Master List.


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1998

• 1998-1999 HISD recommended reading: Two Piñata Books are included in the 1998-1999 Houston Independent School District’s annual recommended reading list: The Desert Is My Mother/El desierto es mi madre and Chave’s Memories/Los recuerdos de Chave.
• Giuseppe Rocco: by Ronald L. Ruiz, wins the Premio Aztlán.
• White Bread Competition: is a finalist in the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Literature Award.
• History and Legends of the Alamo and other Missions in and around San Antonio: by Adina de Zavala and edited by Richard Flores, is the recipient of the San Antonio Conservation Society’s annual book award.
• Ask a Policeman: by Rolando Hinojosa, is a finalist in the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Associations 1999 Regional Book Awards.
• The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age: Four Piñata Books are named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age: The Tall Mexican: The Life of Hank Aguirre, All-Star Pitcher, Businessman, Humanitarian, by Bob Copley; Pillars of Gold and Silver, by Beatriz de la Garza; The Year of Our Revolution, by Judith Ortiz Cofer; and Call Me Consuelo, by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman.


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