Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books
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As of 2001 awards and honors are given in the following categories: Elementary (K-6), Middle (5-8), and Secondary (7-12) grade level books.
The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) established the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States. First presented in 1974, this award is intended to “encourage the writing, publishing, and dissemination of outstanding social studies books for young readers that treat topics related to ethnic minorities and race relations sensitively and accurately.” Here is a printable list of all the award winning books and a collage of all the award winning titles. Learn more at NCSS’s website.
Also check out our list of Top 100+ Recommended African-American Children’s Books, some are also CSK Award winning titles.
8 Award Winning and Honored Books for 1997
Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance
by James Haskins, Eleanora E. Tate, Clinton Cox, and Brenda Wilkinson
Maya Angelou: More Than a Poet
by Elaine Slivinski Lisandrelli
Celebrating Hanukkah
The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp: Based on a Classroom Diary
by George W. Chilcoat and Michael O. Tunnell
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
by Russell Freedman and Amos Bad Heart Bull
The Tuskegee Airmen: Black Heroes of World War II
The Japanese American Family Album (American Family Albums)
by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler
