Carter G. Woodson Award Books

Since 1970: All 221 Winning and Honored Titles

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Cover: Doll Test: Choosing Equality
2025 Middle Level Winner: Doll Test: Choosing Equality by Carole Boston Weatherford (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: How Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
2024 Elementary Level Honor: How Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford (Candlewick Press (MA))
Cover: Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington
2024 Elementary Level Honor: Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington by Michael G. Long (Little Bee Books)
Cover: Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
2023 Middle Level Winner: Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor (Abrams Press)
Cover: Because of You, John Lewis
2023 Middle Level Honor: Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Scholastic Press)
Cover: I Color Myself Different
2023 Middle Level Honor: I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick (Kaepernick Publishing)
Cover: Until Someone Listens: A Story about Borders, Family, and One Girl’s Mission
2023 Elementary Level Honor: Until Someone Listens: A Story about Borders, Family, and One Girl’s Mission by Estela Juarez with Lissette Norman (Roaring Brook Press)
Cover: We Are Not Broken
2022 Secondary Level Honor: We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
2022 Middle Level Winner: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box
2021 Secondary Level Winner: Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne (Viking Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Black Heroes of the Wild West
2021 Middle Level Winner: Black Heroes of the Wild West by James Otis Smith (Toon Graphics)
Cover: Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
2021 Middle Level Honor: Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon by Kelly Starling Lyons (Lee & Low Books)
Cover: William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad
2021 Elementary Level Winner: William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad by Don Tate (Peachtree Publishers)
Cover: The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
2021 Elementary Level Honor: The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Paula Wiseman Books)
Cover: Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace
2020 Middle/Secondary Winner: Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryan (Atheneum)
Cover: Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment
2020 Middle/Secondary Honor: Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner (Calkins Creek)
Cover: This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
2020 Middle/Secondary Honor: This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Cover: The Undefeated
2020 Elementary Level Winner: The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander (Versify)
Cover: Carter Reads the Newspaper
2020 Elementary Level Honor: Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson (Peachtree Publishers)
Cover: Todos Iguales / All Equal: Un Corrido de Lemon Grove / A Ballad of Lemon Grove
2020 Elementary Level Honor: Todos Iguales / All Equal: Un Corrido de Lemon Grove / A Ballad of Lemon Grove by Christy Hale (Children’s Book Press)
Cover: A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
2019 Secondary Level Winner: A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield (Clarion Books)
Cover: Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City
2019 Secondary Level Honor: Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City by Phillip Hoose (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers)
Cover: America Border Culture Dreamer: The Young Immigrant Experience from A to Z
2019 Middle Level Winner: America Border Culture Dreamer: The Young Immigrant Experience from A to Z by Wendy Ewald (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Cover: So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom
2019 Middle Level Honor: So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt (Roaring Brook Press)
Cover: The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
2019 Elementary Level Winner: The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just by Mélina Mangal (Millbrook Press)
Cover: Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
2019 Elementary Level Honor: Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School by Janet Halfmann (Lee & Low Books)
Cover: Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961
2018 Secondary Level Winner: Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 by Larry Dane Brimner (Calkins Creek)
Cover: Now or Never!: Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery
2018 Secondary Level Honor: Now or Never!: Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery by Ray Anthony Shepard (Calkins Creek)
Cover: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
2018 Middle Level Winner: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi (Heyday)
Cover: Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
2018 Middle Level Honor: Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford (Candlewick Press)
Cover: The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
2018 Elementary Level Winner: The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Martin’s Dream Day
2018 Elementary Level Honor: Martin’s Dream Day by Kitty Kelley (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Cover: March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)
2017 Secondary Level Winner: March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (Top Shelf Productions)
Cover: Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution
2017 Secondary Level Honor: Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution by Gretchen Woelfle (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Cover: This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
2017 Secondary Level Honor: This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration by Linda Barrett Osborne (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service
2017 Elementary Level Winner: Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service by Annette Bay Pimentel (Charlesbridge)
Cover: Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
2017 Elementary Level Honor: Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman (Lee & Low Books)
Cover: The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
2017 Elementary Level Honor: The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial by Susan E. Goodman (Bloomsbury USA Children's Books)
Cover: Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery
2016 Secondary Level Winner: Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery by Winifred Conkling (Algonquin Books)
Cover: Shadow Catcher: How Edward S. Curtis Documented American Indian Dignity and Beauty (Captured History)
2016 Secondary Level Honor: Shadow Catcher: How Edward S. Curtis Documented American Indian Dignity and Beauty (Captured History) by Michael Burgan (Compass Point Books)
Cover: Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
2016 Secondary Level Honor: Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People by S.D. Nelson (Harry N. Abrams)
Cover: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
2016 Elementary Level Winner: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate (Peachtree Publishers)
Cover: The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
2016 Elementary Level Winner: The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama
2016 Elementary Level Honor: Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama by Hester Bass (Candlewick Press)
Cover: The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
2015 Secondary Level Winner: The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin (Roaring Brook Press)
Cover: Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
2015 Secondary Level Honor: Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi by Susan Goldman Rubin (Holiday House)
Cover: The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
2015 Middle Level Winner: The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement by Teri Kanefield (Abrams Books)
Cover: Searching For Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl In America
2015 Middle Level Honor: Searching For Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl In America by Tonya Bolden (Abrams Books)
Cover: Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
2015 Elementary Level Winner: Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (Abrams Books)
Cover: Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln And The Dawn Of Liberty
2014 Middle Level Winner: Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln And The Dawn Of Liberty by Tonya Bolden (Abrams Books)
Cover: Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band
2014 Elementary Level Winner: Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band by Anne F. Rockwell (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man
2013 Secondary Level Winner: Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin (National Geographic Children’s Books)
Cover: Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr’s Final Hours
2013 Middle Level Winner: Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr’s Final Hours by Ann Bausum (National Geographic Children’s Books)
Cover: Fifty Cents And A Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
2013 Elementary Level Winner: Fifty Cents And A Dream: Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Harlem’s Little Blackbird
2013 Elementary Level Winner: Harlem’s Little Blackbird by Renée Watson (Random House Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor
2012 Secondary Level Winner: Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor by Larry Dane Brimner (Calkins Creek)
Cover: Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein (Junior Library Guild Selection)
2012 Middle Level Winner: Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein (Junior Library Guild Selection) by Susan Goldman Rubin (Charlesbridge)
Cover: Saga of the Sioux: An Adaptation from Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2012 Middle Level Winner: Saga of the Sioux: An Adaptation from Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown (Henry Holt & Company (BYR))
Cover: Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist
2012 Elementary Level Winner: Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist by Q. L. Pearce and Gina Capaldi (Millbrook Press)
Cover: A Nation’s Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
2012 Elementary Level Honor: A Nation’s Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis by Matt De La Peña (Dial Books for Young Readers)
Cover: An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
2011 Secondary Level Winner: An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank by Elaine Marie Alphin (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account Of The Kidnapping Of Emmett Till
2011 Secondary Level Honor: Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account Of The Kidnapping Of Emmett Till by Simeon Wright and Herb Boyd (Chicago Review Press)
Cover: Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down
2011 Elementary Level Winner: Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
2011 Elementary Level Honor: Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
2010 Secondary Level Winner: Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration by Ann Bausum (National Geographic Children’s Books)
Cover: Ang Lee (Asian Americans of Achievement)
2010 Secondary Level Honor: Ang Lee (Asian Americans of Achievement) by Clifford W. Mills (Chelsea House Publications)
Cover: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
2010 Middle Level Winner: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Cover: With One Sky Above Us: The Story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians
2010 Middle Level Honor: With One Sky Above Us: The Story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians by Nancy Plain (Mondo Publishing)
Cover: Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
2010 Elementary Level Winner: Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story by Paula Yoo (Lee & Low Books)
Cover: Bad News For Outlaws: The Remarkable Life Of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal
2010 Elementary Level Honor: Bad News For Outlaws: The Remarkable Life Of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Reaching Out
2009 Secondary Level Winner: Reaching Out by Francisco Jiménez (HMH Books for Young Readers)
Cover: When the Children Marched: The Birmingham Civil Rights Movement (Prime)
2009 Secondary Level Honor: When the Children Marched: The Birmingham Civil Rights Movement (Prime) by Robert H. Mayer (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: The Rise of Jim Crow (Drama of African-American History)
2009 Middle Level Winner: The Rise of Jim Crow (Drama of African-American History) by James Haskins (Cavendish Square Publishing)
Cover: Booker T. Washington and Education
2009 Middle Level Honor: Booker T. Washington and Education by John F. Wukovits (Lucent Books)
Cover: Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
2009 Elementary Level Winner: Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt & Company (BYR))
Cover: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
2009 Elementary Level Honor: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero by Gina Capaldi (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Don’t Throw Away Your Stick Till You Cross the River: The Journey of an Ordinary Man
2008 Secondary Level Winner: Don’t Throw Away Your Stick Till You Cross the River: The Journey of an Ordinary Man by Vincent Collin Beach and Anni Beach (Five Star Publications, Inc)
Cover: United States V. Amistad: Slave Ship Mutiny (Supreme Court Milestones)
2008 Secondary Level Honor: United States V. Amistad: Slave Ship Mutiny (Supreme Court Milestones) by Susan Dudley Gold (Cavendish Square Publishing)
Cover: Black and White Airmen: Their True History
2008 Middle Level Winner: Black and White Airmen: Their True History by John Fleischman (HMH Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Sophisticated Ladies: the Great Women of Jazz
2008 Middle Level Honor: Sophisticated Ladies: the Great Women of Jazz by Leslie Gourse (Dutton Juvenile)
Cover: Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku
2008 Elementary Level Honor: Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku by Ellie Crowe (Lee & Low Books)
Cover: Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer
2008 Elementary Award: Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Wise (Lee & Low Books)
Cover: Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
2007 Secondary Level Winner: Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference by Joanne Oppenheim (Scholastic Nonfiction)
Cover: Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community
2007 Secondary Level Honor: Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community by David Hassler (Kent State University Press)
Cover: Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards))
2007 Middle Level Winner: Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) by Russell Freedman (Holiday House)
Cover: Up Before Daybreak: Cotton And People In America
2007 Middle Level Honor: Up Before Daybreak: Cotton And People In America by Deborah Hopkinson (Scholastic Inc)
Cover: Gordon Parks: No Excuses
2007 Elementary Level Honor: Gordon Parks: No Excuses by Ann Parr (Pelican Publishing Company)
Cover: John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
2007 Elementary Award: John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement by Kathleen Benson (Lee & Low Books)
Cover: No Easy Answers: Bayard Rustin And The Civil Rights Movement
2006 Secondary Level Winner: No Easy Answers: Bayard Rustin And The Civil Rights Movement by Calvin Craig Miller (Morgan Reynolds Publishing)
Cover: Uh Huh!: The Story Of Ray Charles (Modern Music Masters)
2006 Secondary Level Honor: Uh Huh!: The Story Of Ray Charles (Modern Music Masters) by John Duggle (Morgan Reynolds Publishing)
Cover: Cesar Chavez: A Voice for Farmworkers (Latino Biography Library)
2006 Middle Level Winner: Cesar Chavez: A Voice for Farmworkers (Latino Biography Library) by Barbara C. Cruz (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: Roberto Clemente: Baseball’s Humanitarian Hero (Trailblazer Biographies)
2006 Middle Level Honor: Roberto Clemente: Baseball’s Humanitarian Hero (Trailblazer Biographies) by Heron Marquez (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates
2006 Elementary Level Honor: Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates by Jonah Winter (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Let Them Play (True Story)
2006 Elementary Award: Let Them Play (True Story) by Margot Theis Raven and Chris Ellison (Sleeping Bear Press)
Cover: Alvin Ailey: Celebrating African-American Culture in Dance (African-American Biographies (Enslow))
2005 Secondary Level Honor: Alvin Ailey: Celebrating African-American Culture in Dance (African-American Biographies (Enslow)) by Barbara C. Cruz (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (At Issue in History)
2005 Secondary Award: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (At Issue in History) by Robert H. Mayer (Greenhaven Publishing)
Cover: The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
2005 Middle Winner Book: The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books)
Cover: The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine (Golden Kite Honors)
2005 Middle Level Honor: The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine (Golden Kite Honors) by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin (Clarion Books)
Cover: Alec’s Primer (Vermont Folklife Center Children’s Book Series)
2005 Elementary Level Honor: Alec’s Primer (Vermont Folklife Center Children’s Book Series) by Mildred Pitts Walter (Vermont Folklife Center)
Cover: Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
2005 Elementary Award: Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path by Joseph Bruchac (Lee & Low Books)
Cover: History Firsthand - Early Black Reformers (History Firsthand Series)
2004 Secondary Level Winner: History Firsthand - Early Black Reformers (History Firsthand Series) by James Tackach (Greenhaven Publishing)
Cover: Gwendolyn Brooks: Poet from Chicago (World Writers)
2004 Secondary Level Honor: Gwendolyn Brooks: Poet from Chicago (World Writers) by Martha E. Rhynes (Morgan Reynolds Publishing)
Cover: In America’s Shadow
2004 Middle Level Winner: In America’s Shadow by Kimberly Komatsu, Kaleigh Komatsu, and Mitchell T. Maki (Thomas George Books)
Cover: Sojourner Truth: From Slave to Activist for Freedom (Library of American Lives and Times (Hardcover))
2004 Middle Level Honor: Sojourner Truth: From Slave to Activist for Freedom (Library of American Lives and Times (Hardcover)) by Mary Butler (Rosen Publishing)
Cover: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
2004 Elementary Level Honor: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull (HMH Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Sacagawea
2004 Elementary Award: Sacagawea by Liselotte Erdrich and Julie Buffalohead (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: The “Mississippi Burning” Civil Rights Murder Conspiracy Trial: A Headline Court Case (Headline Court Cases)
2003 Secondary Level Winner: The “Mississippi Burning” Civil Rights Murder Conspiracy Trial: A Headline Court Case (Headline Court Cases) by Harvey Fireside (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: Atlas of Asian-American History (Facts on File Library of American History)
2003 Secondary Level Honor: Atlas of Asian-American History (Facts on File Library of American History) by Monique Avakian (Facts On File)
Cover: Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp
2003 Middle Level Winner: Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp by Michael L. Cooper (Clarion Books)
Cover: A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson
2003 Middle Level Honor: A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson by Michelle Y Green (Perfection Learning)
Cover: The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft (On My Own History)
2003 Elementary Level Honor: The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft (On My Own History) by Cathy Moore (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Cesar Chavez: The Struggle for Justice / Cesar Chavez: La lucha por la justicia
2003 Elementary Award: Cesar Chavez: The Struggle for Justice / Cesar Chavez: La lucha por la justicia by Richard Griswold del Castillo (Piñata Books)
Cover: Multiethnic Teens and Cultural Identity (Hot Issues)
2002 Secondary Level Winner: Multiethnic Teens and Cultural Identity (Hot Issues) by Barbara C. Cruz (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: Prince Estabrook, Slave and Soldier
2002 Middle Level Winner: Prince Estabrook, Slave and Soldier by Alice Hinkle (Pleasant Mountain Press)
Cover: Children of the Civil Rights Era
2002 Honor Book: Children of the Civil Rights Era by Catherine A. Welch (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song
2002 Honor Book: Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song by Katherine E. Krohn (Twenty-First Century Books)
Cover: Matthew Henson: Co-Discoverer of the North Pole (African-American Biographies (Raintree Paperback))
2002 Honor Book: Matthew Henson: Co-Discoverer of the North Pole (African-American Biographies (Raintree Paperback)) by Laura Baskes Litwin and Luara Baskes Litwin (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: Coming Home: A True Story of Josh Gibson, Baseball’s Greatest Home Run Hitter
2002 Elementary Award: Coming Home: A True Story of Josh Gibson, Baseball’s Greatest Home Run Hitter by Nanette Mellage, Cornelius Van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu (Troll Communications)
Cover: Sitting Bull and His World
2001 Secondary Level Winner: Sitting Bull and His World by Albert Marrin (Dutton Juvenile)
Cover: Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
2001 Middle Level Winner: Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Gulliver Books)
Cover: Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put “Black” in American History
2001 Honor Book: Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put “Black” in American History by James Haskins (Millbrook Press)
Cover: Children of the Relocation Camps (Picture the American Past)
2001 Honor Book: Children of the Relocation Camps (Picture the American Past) by Catherine A. Welch (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Issues in Racism
2001 Honor Book: Issues in Racism by Mary E. Williams (Lucent Books)
Cover: The Sound That Jazz Makes
2001 Elementary Award: The Sound That Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford (Walker Childrens)
Cover: Princess Ka’iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People (Women of Spirit)
2000 Secondary Level Winner: Princess Ka’iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People (Women of Spirit) by Sharon Linnea (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers
2000 Honor Book: Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack (Scholastic Press)
Cover: Children of the Tlingit (World’s Children)
2000 Honor Book: Children of the Tlingit (World’s Children) by Frank J. Staub (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Magic Windows/Ventanas mágicas (English and Spanish Edition)
2000 Honor Book: Magic Windows/Ventanas mágicas (English and Spanish Edition) by Carmen Lomas Garza (Children’s Book Press)
Cover: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
2000 Honor Book: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow by Richard Wormser (St. Martin’s Press)
Cover: Through My Eyes
2000 Elementary Award: Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (Scholastic Press)
Cover: Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble
1999 Secondary Level Winner: Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble by Rinna Evelyn Wolfe (Silver Burdett Pr)
Cover: Celebrating Chinese New Year
1999 Honor Book: Celebrating Chinese New Year by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Holiday House)
Cover: Life in a Japanese American Internment Camp (Way People Live)
1999 Honor Book: Life in a Japanese American Internment Camp (Way People Live) by Diane Yancey (Lucent Books)
Cover: The Riches of Oseola McCarty
1999 Honor Book: The Riches of Oseola McCarty by Evelyn Coleman (Albert Whitman & Company)
Cover: Women of Hope: African-Americans Who Made a Difference
1999 Honor Book: Women of Hope: African-Americans Who Made a Difference by Joyce Hansen (Scholastic Inc)
Cover: Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence
1999 Elementary Award: Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence by John Duggleby (Chronicle Books)
Cover: Buffalo Days
1998 Honor Book: Buffalo Days by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Holiday House)
Cover: I Am Rosa Parks (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4)
1998 Honor Book: I Am Rosa Parks (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4) by Rosa Parks and James Haskins (Penguin Young Readers Group)
Cover: Langston Hughes
1998 Honor Book: Langston Hughes by Milton Meltzer (Millbrook Press)
Cover: Slavery Time When I Was Chillun
1998 Honor Book: Slavery Time When I Was Chillun by Belinda Hurmence (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)
Cover: The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa
1998 Honor Book: The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa by Doreen Rappaport (Dial)
Cover: The Princess of the Press: The Story of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (Rainbow Biography)
1998 Honor Book: The Princess of the Press: The Story of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (Rainbow Biography) by Angela S. Medearis (Dutton Juvenile)
Cover: Leon’s Story
1998 Elementary Award: Leon’s Story by Leon Walter Tillage (Square Fish)
Cover: Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance
1997 Secondary Level Winner: Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance by James Haskins, Eleanora E. Tate, Clinton Cox, and Brenda Wilkinson (Wiley)
Cover: Celebrating Hanukkah
1997 Honor Book: Celebrating Hanukkah by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Holiday House)
Cover: Maya Angelou: More Than a Poet
1997 Honor Book: Maya Angelou: More Than a Poet by Elaine Slivinski Lisandrelli (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp: Based on a Classroom Diary
1997 Honor Book: 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 (Holiday House)
Cover: The Japanese American Family Album (American Family Albums)
1997 Honor Book: The Japanese American Family Album (American Family Albums) by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler (Oxford University Press)
Cover: The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
1997 Honor Book: The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman and Amos Bad Heart Bull (Holiday House)
Cover: The Tuskegee Airmen: Black Heroes of World War II
1997 Honor Book: The Tuskegee Airmen: Black Heroes of World War II by Jacqueline L. Harris (Dillon Press)
Cover: Ramadan
1997 Elementary Award: Ramadan by Suhaib Hamid Ghazi (Holiday House)
Cover: A Fence Away From Freedom
1996 Secondary Level Winner: A Fence Away From Freedom by Ellen S. Levine (Putnam Juvenile)
Cover: Konnichiwa! I Am a Japanese-American Girl
1996 Outstanding Merit: Konnichiwa! I Am a Japanese-American Girl by Tricia Brown (Henry Holt & Company (BYR))
Cover: Red-Tail Angels: The Story Of The Tuskegee Airmen Of World War Ii
1996 Outstanding Merit: Red-Tail Angels: The Story Of The Tuskegee Airmen Of World War Ii by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack (Walker Childrens)
Cover: Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave (We Are Still Here)
1996 Elementary Award: Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave (We Are Still Here) by Monty Roessel (Lerner Publishing Group)
Cover: Till Victory Is Won: Black Soldiers in the Civil War (Young Reader’s Hist- Civil War)
1995 Secondary Level Winner: Till Victory Is Won: Black Soldiers in the Civil War (Young Reader’s Hist- Civil War) by Zak Mettger (Dutton Juvenile)
Cover: Battlefields and Burial Grounds: The Indian Struggle to Protect Ancestral Graves in the United States
1995 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 (Lerner Publishing Group)
Cover: Dear Benjamin Banneker
1995 Outstanding Merit: Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Gulliver Books)
Cover: Harriet
1995 Outstanding Merit: Harriet by Norma Johnston (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Master of Mahogany: Tom Day, Free Black Cabinetmaker (African-American Artists and Artisans)
1995 Outstanding Merit: Master of Mahogany: Tom Day, Free Black Cabinetmaker (African-American Artists and Artisans) by Mary E. Lyons (Atheneum)
Cover: What I Had Was Singing: The Story of Marian Anderson (Trailblazer Biographies)
1995 Elementary Award: What I Had Was Singing: The Story of Marian Anderson (Trailblazer Biographies) by Jeri Ferris (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: The March on Washington
1994 Secondary Level Winner: The March on Washington by James Haskins (Harpercollins Childrens Books)
Cover: Celebrating Kwanzaa
1994 Outstanding Merit: Celebrating Kwanzaa by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Holiday House)
Cover: Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (A Borzoi book)
1994 Outstanding Merit: Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (A Borzoi book) by Virginia Hamilton (Alfred A. Knopf)
Cover: Sequoyah’s Gift: A Portrait of the Cherokee Leader
1994 Outstanding Merit: Sequoyah’s Gift: A Portrait of the Cherokee Leader by Janet Klausner (HarperCollins Publishers)
Cover: The Great Migration: An American Story
1994 Outstanding Merit: The Great Migration: An American Story by Jacob Lawrence (Perfection Learning)
Cover: Starting Home: The Story of Horace Pippin, Painter (African-American Artists and Artisans)
1994 Elementary Award: Starting Home: The Story of Horace Pippin, Painter (African-American Artists and Artisans) by Mary E. Lyons (Atheneum)
Cover: Mississippi Challenge
1993 Secondary Level Winner: Mississippi Challenge by Mildred Pitts Walter (Bradbury Press)
Cover: Hoang Anh A Vietnamese-American Boy
1993 Outstanding Merit: Hoang Anh A Vietnamese-American Boy by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Harcourt Children’s Books)
Cover: How My Family Lives in America
1993 Outstanding Merit: How My Family Lives in America by Susan Kuklin (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Cover: The Year They Walked: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
1993 Outstanding Merit: The Year They Walked: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Beatrice Siegel (Simon & Schuster)
Cover: Thurgood Marshall: A Life for Justice
1993 Outstanding Merit: Thurgood Marshall: A Life for Justice by James Haskins (Henry Holt & Company (BYR))
Cover: Madam C.J. Walker: Inventor and Millionaire (Famous African Americans)
1993 Elementary Award: Madam C.J. Walker: Inventor and Millionaire (Famous African Americans) by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan Laflesche Picotte (Trailblazer Biographies)
1992 Secondary Level Winner: Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan Laflesche Picotte (Trailblazer Biographies) by Jeri Ferris (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History (Great African Americans Series)
1992 Outstanding Merit: Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History (Great African Americans Series) by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom
1992 Outstanding Merit: Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers (Amistad)
Cover: Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions
1992 Outstanding Merit: Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions by James Haskins (Walker and Company)
Cover: Pueblo Storyteller
1992 Outstanding Merit: Pueblo Storyteller by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Holiday House)
Cover: The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Ka’Iulani of Hawai’I
1992 Elementary Award: The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Ka’Iulani of Hawai’I by Fay Stanley (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Cover: Sorrow’s Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston
1991 Secondary Level Winner: Sorrow’s Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston by Mary E. Lyons (Atheneum)
Cover: Breaking the Chains
1991 Outstanding Merit: Breaking the Chains by David Katz (Atheneum)
Cover: Hector lives in the United States now: The story of a Mexican-American child
1991 Outstanding Merit: Hector lives in the United States now: The story of a Mexican-American child by Joan Hewett (J. B. Lippincott)
Cover: Teammates
1991 Outstanding Merit: Teammates by Peter Golenbock (HMH Books for Young Readers)
Cover: W.E.B. Dubois (Impact Biographies Series)
1991 Outstanding Merit: W.E.B. Dubois (Impact Biographies Series) by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack (Franklin Watts)
Cover: Shirley Chisholm: Teacher and Congresswoman
1991 Elementary Award: Shirley Chisholm: Teacher and Congresswoman by Catherine Scheader (Enslow Publishing)
Cover: Paul Robeson: Hero Before His Time (Biographies)
1990 Secondary Level Winner: Paul Robeson: Hero Before His Time (Biographies) by Rebecca Larsen (Franklin Watts)
Cover: A Long Hard Journey: The Story Of The Pullman Porter
1990 Outstanding Merit: A Long Hard Journey: The Story Of The Pullman Porter by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack (Walker Childrens)
Cover: Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson (Trailblazer Biographies)
1990 Outstanding Merit: Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson (Trailblazer Biographies) by Jeri Ferris (Carolrhoda Books)
Cover: New Kids In Town: Oral Histories Of Immigrant Teens (Scholastic Biography)
1990 Outstanding Merit: New Kids In Town: Oral Histories Of Immigrant Teens (Scholastic Biography) by Janet Bode (Scholastic Inc)
Cover: Vilma Martinez (Raintree Hispanic Stories)
1990 Outstanding Merit: Vilma Martinez (Raintree Hispanic Stories) by Corinn Codye (Heinemann Library)
Cover: In Two Worlds: A Yu’pik Eskimo Family
1990 Elementary Award: In Two Worlds: A Yu’pik Eskimo Family by Aylette Jenness (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Cover: Marian Anderson
1989 Secondary Level Winner: Marian Anderson by Charles Patterson (iUniverse)
Cover: Buffalo Hunt
1989 Outstanding Merit: Buffalo Hunt by Russell Freedman (Holiday House)
1989 Outstanding Merit: Hispanic Voters: A Voice in American Politics by Judith Harlan (Franklin Watts)
Cover: Pride Against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)
1989 Outstanding Merit: Pride Against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) by Joseph Moore (Praeger Publishers)
Cover: Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story about Sojourner Truth (Creative Minds Biography)
1989 Elementary Award: Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story about Sojourner Truth (Creative Minds Biography) by Jeri Ferris (Carolrhoda Books)
1988 Outstanding Merit: American Indians Today: Issues and Conflicts (Impact Books Series) by Judith Harlan (Franklin Watts)
1988 Outstanding Merit: Into a strange land: Unaccompanied refugee youth in America by Brent K. Ashabranner (Dodd, Mead and Company)
Cover: You May Plow Here - the Narrative of Sara Brooks
1988 Outstanding Merit: You May Plow Here - the Narrative of Sara Brooks by Sara Brooks (W. W. Norton & Company)
Cover: Black music in America: A history through its people
1988 Award Winner: Black music in America: A history through its people by James Haskins (Thomas Y. Crowell Co.)
Cover: Children of the Maya
1987 Outstanding Merit: Children of the Maya by Brent K. Ashabranner (Dodd, Mead and Company)
Cover: Living in Two Worlds
1987 Outstanding Merit: Living in Two Worlds by Maxine B. Rosenberg and George Ancona (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books)
Cover: Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today
1987 Award Winner: Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today by Arlene Hirschfelder (Scribner Book Company)
Cover: Racial Prejudice (Issues in American History)
1986 Outstanding Merit: Racial Prejudice (Issues in American History) by Elaine Pascoe (Franklin Watts)
Cover: Dark Harvest: Migrant Farmworkers in America
1986 Award Winner: Dark Harvest: Migrant Farmworkers in America by Brent K. Ashabranner (Linnet Books)
Cover: Our Golda: The Story of Golda Meir (Women of Our Time)
1985 Outstanding Merit: Our Golda: The Story of Golda Meir (Women of Our Time) by David A. Adler (Viking Juvenile)
Cover: To Live in Two Worlds: American Indian Youth Today
1985 Award Winner: To Live in Two Worlds: American Indian Youth Today by Brent K. Ashabranner (Dodd, Mead and Company)
Cover: Mexico and the United States: Their Linked Destinies
1984 Award Winner: Mexico and the United States: Their Linked Destinies by Ernest Barksdale Fincher (Harper & Row)
Cover: Morning Star, Black Sun: The Northern Cheyenne Indians and America’s Energy Crisis
1983 Award Winner: Morning Star, Black Sun: The Northern Cheyenne Indians and America’s Energy Crisis by Brent K. Ashabranner (Dodd, Mead and Company)
Cover: Coming to North America: From Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico
1982 Award Winner: Coming to North America: From Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico by Susan Garver and Paula McGuire (Delacorte Press)
1981 Outstanding Merit: The Hardest Lesson: Personal Accounts of a School Desegregation Crisis by Judith Stoia and Pamela Bullard (Little, Brown and Company)
Cover: The Chinese Americans
1981 Award Winner: The Chinese Americans by Milton Meltzer (HarperCollins)
Cover: A cry from the earth: Music of the North American Indians
1980 Outstanding Merit: A cry from the earth: Music of the North American Indians by John Bierhorst (Four Winds Press)
Cover: James Van Derzee: The Picture-Takin’ Man
1980 Outstanding Merit: James Van Derzee: The Picture-Takin’ Man by James Haskins (Dodd, Mead and Company)
Cover: War Cry on a Prayer Feather: Prose and Poetry of the Ute Indians
1980 Award Winner: War Cry on a Prayer Feather: Prose and Poetry of the Ute Indians by Nancy Wood (Doubleday)
Cover: Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition
1979 Award Winner: Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition by Peter Nabokov (Penguin Books)
Cover: Daniel Inouye (Crowell Biographies)
1978 Award Winner: Daniel Inouye (Crowell Biographies) by Jane Goodsell and Haru Wells (HarperCollins)
Cover: The Trouble They Seen: Black People Tell the Story of Reconstruction
1977 Award Winner: The Trouble They Seen: Black People Tell the Story of Reconstruction by Dorothy Sterling (Doubleday)
Cover: Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles (Prebound))
1976 Award Winner: Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles (Prebound)) by Laurence Yep (Perfection Learning)
Cover: Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord! the Life of Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel Singers (Women of America)
1975 Award Winner: Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord! the Life of Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel Singers (Women of America) by Jesse Jackson (Harper & Row)
Cover: Rosa Parks
1974 Award Winner : Rosa Parks by Eloise Greenfield (HarperCollins)