Top Ten Best Latino Children's Book Authors

	1) Gary Soto, Author of C hato Goes Cruisin'
	2) Pat Mora, Author of D oña Flor
	3) Alma Flor Ada, Author of M y Name Is Maria Isabel
	4) Pam Muñoz Ryan, Author of E speranza Rising
	5) Diane De Anda, Author of Dancing Miranda
	6) Rudolfo Anaya, Author of The Santero's Miracle
	7) Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Author of T he Empanadas That Abuela Made
	8) Carmen Lomas Garza, Author of I n My Family/En Mi Familia
	9) Lucia M. Gonzalez, Author of T he Bossy Gallito/El Gallo de Bodas
	10) Benjamin Alire Saenz, Author of A Gift from Papá Diego / Un regalo de Papá Diego
	Honorable Mention: There's a Coqui in My Shoe, by Marisa de Jesus Paolicelli.