Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature

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children's literature award literary award young adult literature award

The Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is a literary prize that honors outstanding works of children's and young adult literature that authentically portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
Americas Award	1
Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3187360 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Context triple: [Julia Alvarez, awardReceived, Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature]

A. Pura Belpré Award
The Pura Belpré Award is an American literary prize honoring outstanding works of children’s and young adult literature that best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
B. American Book Award
The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.
C. Michael L. Printz Honor
The Michael L. Printz Honor is a prestigious American Young Adult literary distinction recognizing outstanding books for teens that are runners-up to the annual Printz Award.
D. National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
The National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is a prestigious annual prize honoring outstanding Jewish-themed books written for young readers.
E. Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is a science fiction and fantasy literary award recognizing outstanding YA works, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Target entity description: The Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is a literary prize that honors outstanding works of children's and young adult literature that authentically portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.

A. Pura Belpré Award
The Pura Belpré Award is an American literary prize honoring outstanding works of children’s and young adult literature that best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
B. American Book Award
The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.
C. Michael L. Printz Honor
The Michael L. Printz Honor is a prestigious American Young Adult literary distinction recognizing outstanding books for teens that are runners-up to the annual Printz Award.
D. National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
The National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is a prestigious annual prize honoring outstanding Jewish-themed books written for young readers.
E. Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is a science fiction and fantasy literary award recognizing outstanding YA works, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's literature award ⓘ literary award ⓘ young adult literature award ⓘ
aimsTo	highlight Latino experiences in the United States ⓘ promote understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature ⓘ surface form: Americas Award
awardedFor	authentic portrayal of Latin America ⓘ authentic portrayal of Latinos in the United States ⓘ authentic portrayal of the Caribbean ⓘ outstanding works of children's and young adult literature ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	children's literature ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ
focusesOn	Caribbean ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Hispanic and Latino Americans ⓘ surface form: Latinos in the United States
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	fiction ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ
hasAgeRange	K-12 ⓘ
hasGeographicScope	Caribbean ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Latino communities in the United States ⓘ
hasLanguageRequirement	English ⓘ
hasNumberOfMainAwardsPerYear	2 ⓘ
hasTargetAudience	children ⓘ young adults ⓘ
inception	1993 ⓘ
includes	chapter books ⓘ picture books ⓘ young adult novels ⓘ
mayInclude	honor books ⓘ
presentedBy	Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs ⓘ
regionCovered	Americas ⓘ surface form: the Americas
selectionCriteria	authentic representation of Latin American and Latino experiences ⓘ literary quality ⓘ
sponsor	Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs ⓘ
website	https://claspprograms.org/americas-award ⓘ

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Julia Alvarez → awardReceived → Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature ⓘ

Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature → alsoKnownAs → Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Americas Award

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