Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books
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.
Carter G. Woodson Seal
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.” Books relating to ethnic minorities and the authors of such books rarely receive the recognition they merit from professional organizations. By sponsoring the Carter G. Woodson Awards, NCSS gives wide recognition to and encourages these authors and publishers. Here is a printable list of all the award winning books. 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.
6 Award Winning and Honored Books for 1995
Secondary Level Winner
Till Victory Is Won: Black Soldiers in the Civil War (Young Reader’s Hist- Civil War)
by Zak Mettger
Publication Date: Apr 01, 1994
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780525674122
Imprint: Dutton Juvenile
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Complemented by archival photographs, paintings, maps, and letter and diary excerpts, this informative historical study chronicles the contributions of black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War.
Outstanding Merit
Harriet
by Norma Johnston
Publication Date: May 01, 1994
List Price: $30.99
Format: Hardcover, 242 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780027477146
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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A narrative portrait of the life and writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe examines the nineteenth-century era that spawned her work and the dramatic influence of her controversial work, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Outstanding Merit
Dear Benjamin Banneker
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publication Date: Oct 31, 1994
List Price: $16.00
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780152004170
Imprint: Gulliver Books
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Parent Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Throughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker attacked the institution of slavery and dared to call Jefferson a hypocrite for owning slaves. Jefferson responded. This is the story of Benjamin Banneker—his science, his politics, his morals, and his extraordinary correspondence with Thomas Jefferson.
Outstanding Merit
Master of Mahogany: Tom Day, Free Black Cabinetmaker (African-American Artists and Artisans)
by Mary E. Lyons
Publication Date: Oct 01, 1994
List Price: $15.95
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780684196756
Imprint: Atheneum
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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Examines the life and work of master cabinetmaker Tom Day, a free, literate African-American craftsman whose distinctive furniture was much prized in antebellum North Carolina.
Outstanding Merit
Battlefields and Burial Grounds: The Indian Struggle to Protect Ancestral Graves in the United States
by Roger Echo-Hawk and Walter R. Echo-Hawk
Publication Date: Oct 01, 1993
List Price: $22.60
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780822526636
Imprint: Lerner Publishing Group
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Parent Company: Lerner Publishing Group
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Describes the efforts of Native Americans to rebury ancestral human remains and grave offerings held by museums and historical societies, with particular emphasis on the Pawnees and their struggle to reclaim their dead.
Elementary Award
What I Had Was Singing: The Story of Marian Anderson (Trailblazer Biographies)
by Jeri Ferris
Publication Date: Jan 01, 1994
List Price: $8.95
Format: Paperback, 96 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780876146347
Imprint: Carolrhoda Books
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Parent Company: Lerner Publishing Group
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