Winner’s Circle Book Tour California Association of Bilingual Educators Annual Conference April 2nd – April 4th Cavino, CA 15th Chicago Latino Book and Family Festival April 5th – 6th Cicero, IL Under Our Wing: Spelunking for Literacy at Natural Bridge Caverns April 10th Austin, TX Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 12th – 13th Los Angeles, CA MEGA Television Children’s Festival April 20th Houston, TX

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Awards and Finalists

Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book

• Avian Kingdom Feathered Tales: The Hollow in the Hill, Karen Chacek, TechStudios, LLC

Best Cover Illustration

• El Reino Aviar Cuentos Emplumados: Cielo Pelícano, Karen Chacek; Illustrator: Emilio Hernández, TechStudios, LLC
• El Reino Aviar Cuentos Emplumados: De tal Pluma tal Ave, Karen Chacek; Illustrator: Emilio Hernández, TechStudios, LLC
• Reino Aviar Cuentos Emplumados: Dos Chiflidos Chiflados, Karen Chacek; Illustrator: Emilio Hernández, TechStudios, LLC

Best Interior Design

• El Reino Aviar Cuentos Emplumados: Dos Chiflidos Chiflados, Karen Chacek; Illustrator: Emilio Hernández, TechStudios, LLC
• Santiago Páramo y La Capilla de San José, Andrés Mauricio López, Villegas Editores

Best Use of Illustrations Inside the Book

• El Reino Aviar Cuentos Emplumados: Cielo Pelícano, Karen Chacek; Illustrator: Emilio Hernández, TechStudios, LLC
• El Reino Aviar Cuentos Emplumados: Dos Chiflidos Chiflados, Karen Chacek; Illustrator: Emilio Hernández, TechStudios, LLC

Best Children’s Picture Book Translation – Spanish to English

• Avian Kingdom Feathered Tales: Birds of a Feather, Karen Chacek; Translator: Sonia Verjovsky; Illustrator: Emilio Hernández, TechStudios, LLC
• Avian Kingdom Feathered Tales: Pelican Sky, Karen Chacek; Translator: Sonia Verjovsky, TechStudios, LLC
• Avian Kingdom Feathered Tales: Two Hoots and a Holler, Karen Chacek; Translator: Sonia Verjovsky, TechStudios, LLC
• Avian Kingdom Feathered Tales: The Hollow in the Hill, Karen Chacek; Translator: Sonia Verjovsky, TechStudios, LLC
• Dorothy: A Different Kind of Friend, Roberto Aliaga; Illustrator: Mar Blanco, Cuento de Luz

And the winners are…

The International Latino Book Awards took place on June 28th in Las Vegas as part of the American Library Association 2014 Conference. The Awards were held at the Clark County-Las Vegas Library Theater. Over the last 16 years the Int’l Latino Book Awards has grown to become the largest Latino literary and cultural awards in the USA.

The Avian Kingdom team was excited to be a part of this conference and even more excited to receive a number of awards. For the Best Cover Illustration award, Dos Chiflidos Chiflados took first place, and surprisingly two more Feathered Tales tied for second place: Cielo Pelicanous and De tal Pluma tal Ave.

Other awards and nominations:

• Best Interior Design: 2nd Place – Dos Chiflidos Chiflados
• Best Use of Illustrations Inside the Book: 1st Place – Cielo Pelicano; 2nd Place – Dos Chiflidos Chiflados
• Best Children’s Picture Book Translation – Spanish to English : 2nd Place – Birds of a Feather; Honorable Mention – Pelican Sky; Honorable Mention – Two Hoots and a Holler
• Literacy Classics Seal of Approval
  • Children’s Literacy Classics (Gold Award) – Birds of a Feather and De tal Pluma tal Ave
  • Children’s Literacy Classics (Silver Award) – Two Hoots and a Holler and Dos Chiflidos Chiflados
  • General Early Reader (Gold Award) – Neither Night Nor Day
  • General Early Reader (Silver Award) – Hollow in the Hill
• International Latino Book Awards
  • Birds of a Feather and De tal Pluma tal Ave
  • Two Hoots and a Holler and Dos Chiflidos Chiflados
  • Neither Night nor Day and Ni de Noche ni de Dia
  • Pelican Sky and Cielo Pelicano
  • The Hollow in the Hill and El Hueco en La Colina