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2018 Award Winners And Honorees

Congratulations to the 66th Jane Addams Children’s Book Awardees Malala Yousafzai, Kerascoët, Sara Holbrook, Lesa Cline-Ransome, James Ransome, Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi, Yutaka Houlette, Renée Watson, and Linda Williams Jackson.

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Malala’s Magic Pencil, written by Malala Yousafzai, illustrated by Kerascoët, and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is the Winner in the Books for Younger Children category.

The Enemy: Detroit 1954, written by Sara E. Holbrook, and published by Calkins Creek is the Winner in the Books for Older Children category.

BEFORE SHE WAS HARRIET
BY LESA CLINE-RANSOME

Before She Was Harriet, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome, and published by Holiday House is an Honor Book in the Books for Younger Children category.

FRED KOREMATSU SPEAKS UP
BY LAURA ATKINSSTAN YOGI

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, written by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi, illustrated by Yutaka Houlette, and published by Heyday is an Honor Book in the Books for Olderc Children category.

MIDNIGHT WITHOUT A MOON
BY LINDA WILLIAMS JACKSON

Midnight Without A Moon, written by Linda Williams Jackson, and published by HMH Books for Young Readers is an Honor Book in the Books for Olderc Children category.

PIECING ME TOGETHER
BY RENÉE WATSON

Piecing Me Together, written by Renée Watson, and published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens is an Honor Book in the Books for Older Children category.

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