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- Rafael López (born August 8, 1961, in Mexico City, Mexico) is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. To reflect the lives of all young people, his illustrations bring diverse characters to children's books. As a children's book illustrator, he has received three Pura Belpré Award medals from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA in 2020 for Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln, Drum Dream Girl in 2016 and Book Fiesta! in 2010. He created the National Book Festival Poster for the Library of Congress and was a featured book festival speaker at this event. His book illustrations are the recipient of the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award, Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators New York, Original Art Exhibition, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Tomás Rivera Book Award along with three Pura Belpré honors and two Américas Book Awards. López has illustrated thirteen stamps for the United States Postal Serviceand served as the first Guest Artist of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum The artist was selected by the Obama/Biden campaign to create two official posters at Artists for Obama in an effort to secure the pivotal Latino vote in key swing states. (en)
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- International Latino Book Awards (en)
- American Library Association Belpré Medals (en)
- Américas Book Awards (en)
- Society of Illustrators New York Original Art Silver Medal (en)
- American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award (en)
- National Cartoonist Society Book Illustration Award (en)
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- Rafael López (born August 8, 1961, in Mexico City, Mexico) is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. To reflect the lives of all young people, his illustrations bring diverse characters to children's books. As a children's book illustrator, he has received three Pura Belpré Award medals from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA in 2020 for Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln, Drum Dream Girl in 2016 and Book Fiesta! in 2010. He created the National Book Festival Poster for the Library of Congress and was a featured book festival speaker at this event. (en)
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- Rafael López (illustrator and artist) (en)
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