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Jane Addams Children’s Book Award 1953-2023
All In-Print Titles
1950s
Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps (1956 Award winner; Knopf)
Also the first African American authored book to win a Newbery Honor – OP
The Perilous Road by William Steele (1958 Award winner; Clarion) – still in print; Also a Newberry Honor Book
1960s
What Then, Raman? by Shirley L. Arora (1961 Award winner) – in print from Hassell Street Press; note accompanying this edition:
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
The Road to Agra by Aimee Sommerfelt (1962 Award winner) – in print also from Hassell Street Press (with a similar note about scholars’ endorsement & public domain)
Profiles in Courage: Young Readers Memorial Edition by John F. Kennedy (1964 Award winner) – no longer in print.
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig (1969 Award Winner; Harper) – in print
1970s
The Cay by Theodore Taylor (1970 Award winner; Yearling) Still in print.
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss (1973 Honor Book; Harper) Still in print.
A Pocket Full of Seeds by Marilyn Sachs, illustrated by Ben Stabl (1974 Honor Book) – in print from iUniverse.
A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich by Alice Childress (1974 Honor Book; Puffin) – in print
Nilda by Nicholasa Mohr (1974 Award winner; Pinata Books) – in print
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier (1975 Honor Book; Scholastic) – in print; also a Newbery Honor book.
The Princess and the Admiral by Charlotte Pomerantz, illus. by Tony Chen (1975 Award winner; Feminist Press) – in print
Z Is for Zacharia by Robert O’Brien (1976 Honor Book; Atheneum/S&S) – in print
Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor (1976 Honor Book; Puffin) – in print
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (1976 Honor Book; Harper) – in print, also a Newbery Honor Book
Paul Robeson by Eloise Greenfield, illus. by George Ford (1976 Award winner) – in print from Lee & Low)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (1977 Honor Book; Puffin) – in print, also the 1977 Newbery Medal-winner
Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer (1977 Award winner; Harper Trophy) – in print
Alan and Naomi by Myron Levoy (1978 Honor Book) – in print from iUniverse
Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep (1978 Award winner; Harper) – in print
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (1979 Honor Book; Harper) – in print; also a 1979 Newbery Honor Book
Escape to Freedom by Ossie Davis (1979 Honor Book; Puffin) – in print
1980s
The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl by David Kherdian (1980 Award winner; Greenwillow) – in print
Lupita Manana by Patricia Beatty (1982 Honor Book; Harper Trophy) – in print
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor (1982 Honor Book; Puffin) – in print
Music, Music for Everyone by Vera Williams (1985 Honor Book; Greenwillow) – in print
The Island on Bird Street by Uri Olev, trans. from the Polish by Hillel Halkin (1985 Honor Book; Clarion) in print – Olev received the Hans Christian Andersen Award
Nicolas, Where Have You Been? by Leo Leonni (1988 Honor Book; Dragonfly) – in print
Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer (1989 Honor Book; HarperCollins) – in print
The Most Beautiful Place in the World by Ann Cameron (1989 Honor Book; Yearling) – in print
December Stillness by Mary Downing Hahn (1989 Honor Book; HarperTeen) – in print
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton (1989 Award winner [shared with Looking Out by Victoria Boutis, which is no longer in print]; Anthony Burns IS in print, from Laurel Leaf)
1990s
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting, illus. by David Carrick (1990 Honor Book; Clarion) – in print
Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder (1990 Honor Book; Aladdin) – in print; also a Scott O’Dell Award winner
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (1990 Honor Book; Clarion) – in print; also a 1990 Newbery Award-winner
Now Is Your Time by Walter Dean Myers (1992 Honor Book; Amistad/Harper) – in print
Journey of the Sparrows by Fran Leeper Buss (1992 Award Winner; Puffin) – in print
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco (1993 Honor Book; Dragonfly) – in print
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold (1993 Award Winner; Dragonfly) – in print
Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary E. Lyons (1993 Honor Book; Atheneum) – in print
Taste of Salt by Frances Temple (1993 Award Winner; Harper) – in print
Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Tom Feelings (1994 Honor Book; Puffin) – in print
This Land Is My Land, written and illustrated by George Littlechild (1994 Award winner, Books for Younger Children; Children’s Book Press) – in print
[1994 might be the first year that the two categories – books for younger children, books for older children—were awarded]
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman (1994 Honor Book for Older Children; Clarion)
Freedom’s Children by Ellen S. Levine (1994 Award Winner, Books for Older Children; Puffin)
Bein’ with You this Way by W. Nikola-Lisa, illus. by Michael Bryant (1995 Honor Book for Younger Children; Lee & Low) – in print
Sitti’s Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye, illus. by Nancy Carpenter (1995 Award, Books for Younger Children; Aladdin) – in print.
I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson (1995 Honor Book; Nancy Paulsen Books) – in print
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor by Russell Freedman (1995 Award winner, Books for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
The Middle Passage by Tom Feelings (1996 Special Commendation; Dial Books) – in print
The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (1996 Honor Book for Older Children; Yearling) – in print. Also a Newbery Honor, CSK Author Honor book
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson (1996 Honor Book for Older Children; Nancy Paulsen Books) – in print
The Well by Mildred D. Taylor (1996 Award winner, Books for Older Children; Puffin) – in print
The Day Gogo Went to Vote by Elinor Batezat Sisulu, illus. by Sharon Wilson (1997 Honor Book for Younger Children; Little, Brown) – in print
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by David Diaz (1997 Award winner, Books for Younger Children; Clarion) – in print
Behind the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. Williams (1997 Honor, Books for Older Children, Milkweed) – in print
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki, illus. by Dom Lee (1998 Honor, Books for Younger Children; Lee & Low) – in print
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman (1998 Honor, Books for Older Children; HarperTeen) – in print
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez (1998 Books for Older Children; University of New Mexico Press) – in print
Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye (1998 Award winner, Books for Older Children; Simon & Schuster) – in print
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie, illus. by Kathy Jakobsen (1999 Honor Book for Younger Children; Little, Brown) – in print
I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus, illus. by Michele Wood (1999 Honor Book for Younger Children; Children’s Book Press) — in print
Hey, Little Ant! by Phillip Hoose and Hannah Hoose, illus. by Debbie Tilley (1999 Honor Book for Younger Children; Tricycle Press) – in print
Marianthe’s Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories by Aliki Brandenberg (1999 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Greenwillow) – in print
The Heart of a Chief by Joseph Bruchac (1999 Honor Book for Older Children; Puffin) – in print
2000s
When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (2000 Honor Book for Younger Children; Scholastic) – in print
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Raúl Colón (2000 Honor Book for Younger Children; Aladdin) – in print
Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill, illus. by Chris K. Soentpiet (2000 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Clarion) – in print
Kids on Strike! by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (2000 Honor Book for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich (2000 Honor Book for Older Children; HarperCollins) – in print
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (2000 Winner, Books for Older Children; Scholastic) – in print
The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark by Carmen Agra Deedy, illus. by Henri Sorensen (2001 Honor Book for Younger Children; Peachtree) – in print
The Composition by Antonio Skármeta, illus. by Alfonso Ruano (2001 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Groundwood) – in print
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues by Harriette Gillem Robinet (2001 Honor Book for Older Children; Aladdin) in print
The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph (2001 Honor Book for Older Children; HarperCollins) – in print
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (2001 Winner, Books for Older Children; Scholastic) – in print; also the Pura Belpré Award winner
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. Williams (2002 Honor Book for Younger Children; Greenwillow) – in print
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport, illus. by Bryan Collier (2002 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Jump at the Sun) – in print
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff (2002 Honor Book for Older Children; Atheneum) – in print
A Group of One by Rachna Gilmore (2002 Honor Book for Older Children; Fitzhenry & Whiteside) – in print
The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo (2002 Winner, Books for Older Children; HarperTrophy) – in print
The Village that Vanished by Ann Grifalconi, illus. by Kadir Nelson (2003 Honor Book for Younger Children; Puffin) – in print
¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A. by Diana Cohn, illus. by Francisco Delgado (2003 Honor Book for Younger Children; Cinco Puntos Press)
Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam by Walter Dean Myers, illus. by Ann Grifalconi (2003 Winner, Books for Younger Children; HarperCollins)
When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park (2003 Honor Book for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson (2003 Honor Book for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
Parvana’s Journey by Deborah Ellis (2003 Winner, Books for Older Children; Groundwood Press) – in print
The Breadwinner Trilogy by Deborah Ellis (2004 Special Commendation)
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Terry Widerner (2004 Honor Book for Younger Children; Aladdin) – in print
Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull, illus. by Yuyi Morales (2004 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Clarion) – in print
Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. with photographs (2004 Honor Book for Older children; Orchard Books) – in print
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe (2004 Honor Book for Older Children; Speak/Penguin) – in print
Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope by Beverley Naidoo (2004 Winner, Books for Older Children; HarperCollins) – in print
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by James Rumford, trans. into Cherokee by Anna Sixkiller Huckaby (2005 Honor Book for Younger Children; Houghton Mifflin) – in print
Hot Day on Abbott Avenue byKaren English, illus. by Javaka Steptoe (2005 Honor Book for Younger Children; Clarion) – in print
Sélavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope by Youme (2005 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Cinco Puntos Press) – in print
The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis (2005 Honor Books for Younger Children; Fitzhenry & Whiteside) – in print
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote by Ann Bausum (2005 Winner, Books for Younger Children; National Geographic for Kids) – in print
Poems to Dream Together/ Poemas Para Soñar Juntos by Frandisco Alarcón, illus. by Paula Barragán (2006 Honor Book for Younger Children, Lee & Low) – in print
Delivering Justice: W. W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights by James Haskins, illus. by Benny Andrews (2006 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Candlewick) – in print
Sweetgrass Basket by Marlene Carvell (2006 Honor Book for Older Children; Dutton) – in print
The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter (2006 Honor Book for Older Children; Groundwood) – in print
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America by Karen Blumenthal (2006 Winner, Books for Older Children; Atheneum) – in print
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom by Tim Tingle, illus. by Jeanne Rorex Bridges (2007 Honor Book for Younger Children; Cinco Puntos Press) – in print
Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis Raven, illus. by E.B. Lewis (2007 Honor Book for Younger Children; Square Fish) – in print
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow / Sabaku Ni Saita Himawari by Amy Lee-Tai, illus. by Felicia Hoshino (2007 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Children’s Book Press) – in print, in English & Japanese
Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop (2007 Honor Book for Older Children; Yearling) – in print
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman (2007 Honor Book for Older Children; Holiday House) – in print
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata (2007 Winner, Books for Older Children; Atheneum) – in print
Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford (2008 Honor Book for Older Children; Wordsong) – in print
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (2008 Honor Book for Older Children; Scholastic) – in print; also a Newbery Honor Book
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins, illus. by Jamie Hogan (2008 Honor Book for Older Children; Charlesbridge) – in print
Silent Music: A Story of Bagdad by James Rumford (2009 Honor Book for Younger Children; Roaring Brook Press) – in print
The Storyteller’s Candle / La Velita de Los Cuentos by Lucia Gonzalez, illus. by Lulu Delacre (2009 Honor Book for Younger Children; Children’s Book Press) – in print
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola (2009 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Farrar, Straus and Giroux) – in print
Ain’t Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry by Scott Nelson, with Marc Aronson (2009 Honor Book for Older Children; National Geographic Kids) – in print
The Shepherd’s Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter (2009 Honor Book for Older Children; Groundwood) – in print
The Surrender Tree / El Árbol de la Rendición: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom/ Poemas de la Lucha de Cuba Por Su Libertad (Bilingual) by Margarita Engle (2009 Winner, Books for Older Children; SquareFish) – in print
2010s
You and Me and Home Sweet Home by George Ella Lyon, illus. by Stephanie Anderson (2010 Honor Book for Younger Children; Richard Jackson Books/Atheneum) – in print
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illus. by Brian Pinkney (2010 Honor Book for Younger Children; Little, Brown) – in print
Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter (2010 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Beach Lane Books) – in print
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose (2010 Honor Book for Older Children; SquareFish) – in print; also the National Book Award Winner; Sibert Honor and Newbery Honor
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone (2010 Honor Book for Older Children; Candlewick) – in print
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge (2010 Winner, Books for Older Children; Viking) — in print
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, with Gwen Strauss, illus. by Floyd Cooper (2011 Honor Book for Younger Children; Carolrhoda Books) – in print
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illus. by Brian Pinkney (2011 Honor Book for Younger Children; Little, Brown) – in print
Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser (2011 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Clarion) – in print
Birmingham Sunday by Larry Dane Brimner (2011 Honor Book for Older Children; Calkins Creek) – in print
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2011 Honor Book for Older Children; Little, Brown) – in print
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (2011 Winner, Books for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights Story by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud, illus. by John Holyfield (2012 Honor Book for Younger Children; Candlewick) – in print
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth (2012 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Lee & Low) – in print
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lai (2012 Honor Book for Older Children; HarperCollins) – in print; also the National Book Award Winner and Newbery Honor
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson (2012 Honor Book for Older Children; Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins) – in print; also a Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner and CSK Illustrator Honor Book
Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling (2012 Winner, Books for Older Children; Yearling) – in print
We March by Shane W. Evans (2013 Honor Book for Younger Children; SquareFish) – in print
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren, illus. by Robert Casilla (2013 Honor Book for Younger Children; Two Lions) – in print
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, illus. by E.B. Lewis (2013 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Nancy Paulsen Books) – in print
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery (2013 Honor Book for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
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 (2013 Honor Book for Older Children; National Geographic Kids) – in print
We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson (2013 Winner, Books for Older Children; Peachtree) – in print
Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education by Elizabeth Suneby, illus. by Suana Verelst (2014 Honor Book for Younger Children; Kids Can Press) – in print
We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song by Debbie Levy, illus. by Vanessa Brantley-Newton (2014 Honor Book for Younger Children; Little, Brown) – in print
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel, illus. by Melissa Sweet (2014 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Balzer + Bray) – in print
Brotherhood by Anne Westrick (2014 Honor Book for Older Children; Puffin) – in print
Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine (2014 Honor Book for Older Children; Scholastic) – in print
Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2014 Winner, Books for Older Children; Little, Brown) – in print
Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by John Hendrix (2015 Honor Book for Younger Children; Abrams) – in print
The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren, illus. by Fabio Santomauro (2015 Honor Book for Younger Children; Kar-Ben) – in print
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (2015 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Abrams) – in print
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal by Margarita Engle (2015 Honor Book for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
Revolution by Deborah Wiles (2015 Honor Book for Older Children; Scholastic) – in print
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illus. by R. Gregory Christie (2016 Honor Book for Younger Children; Carolrhoda Books) – in print
Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat, illus. by Leslie Staub (2016 Honor Book for Younger Children; Dial Books) – in print
Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Jonah Winter, illus. by Shane W. Evans (2016 Honor Book for Younger Children; Anne Schwartz Books) – in print
New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer, illus. by Eric Velasquez (2016 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Holiday House) — in print
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton (2016 Honor Book for Older Children; Puffin) – in print
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley, illus. by PJ Loughran (2016 Winner, Books for Older Children; Speak) – in print
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy, illus. by Elizabeth Baddeley (2017 Honor Book for Younger Children; Simon & Schuster) – in print
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial by Susan E. Goodman, illus. by E.B. Lewis (2017 Honor Book for Younger Children; Bloomsbury) – in print
Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Ron Husband (2017 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Little, Brown) – in print
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (2017 Honor Book for Older Children; Puffin) – in print
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement that Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman (2017 Honor Book for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story by Caren Stelson (2017 Winner, Books for Older Children; Carolrhoda Books) – in print
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus. by James E. Ransome (2018 Honor Book for Younger Children; Holiday House)
Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, illus. by Kerascoët (2018 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Little, Brown) – in print
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson (2018 Honor Book for Older Children; Bloomsbury YA) – in print
Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson (2018 Honor Book for Older Children; Clarion) – in print
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi, illus. by Yutaka Houlette (2018 Honor Book for Older Children; Holiday House) – in print
The Enemy: Detroit 1954 by Sara E. Holbrook (2018 Winner, Books for Older Children; Calkins Creek) – in print
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (2019 Honor Book for Younger Children; Candlewick) – in print
The Day War Came by Nicola Davies, illus. by Rebecca Cobb (2019 Honor Book for Younger Children; Candlewick) – in print
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, illus. by Rafael López (2019 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Nancy Paulsen Books) – in print
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (2019 Honor Book for Older Children; Yearling) – in print
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (2019 Honor Book for Older Children; Puffin) – in print
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2019 Winner, Books for Older Children; Little, Brown) – in print
2020s
Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy (2021 Honor Book for Younger Children; Roaring Brook Press) – in print
Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret by Jess Keating, illus. by Katie Hickey (2021 Honor Book for Younger Children; Tundra) – in print
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illus. by Michaela Goade (2021 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Roaring Brook Press) – in print; also the Caldecott Medal Winner
Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women who Fought for the Right to Vote by Veronica Chambers et al (2021 Honor Book for Older Children; Versify) – in print
Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar (2021 Honor Book for Older Children; Scholastic) – in print
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (2021 Winner, Books for Older Children; Candlewick) – in print; also a Newbery Honor Book
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. by Floyd Cooper (2022 Honor Book for Younger Children; Carolrhoda Books) – in print
Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge by Ray Anthony Shepard, illus. by Keith Mallett (2022 Honor Book for Younger Children; Farrar, Straus and Giroux) – in print
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress by Alicia D. Williams, illus. by April Harrison (2022 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Anne Schwartz Books) – in print
Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame by Supriya Kelkar (2022 Honor Book for Older Children; Tu Books) – in print
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac (2022 Honor Book for Older Children, Dial) – in print
How to Find What You’re Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani (2022 Winner, Books for Older Children; Kokila) – in print
2023
Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women by Christine McDonnell, illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov (2023 Honor Book for Younger Children; Candlewick) – in print
Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader by Michelle Duster, illus. by Laura Freeman (2023 Honor Book for Younger Children; Godwin Books) – in print
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy, illus. by Janelle Washington (2023 Winner, Books for Younger Children; Roaring Brook Press) – in print
Yonder by Ali Standish (2023 Honor Book for Older Children; HarperCollins) – in print
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas (2023 Honor Book for Older Children; HarperAlley) – in print
Undercover Latina by Aya de León (2023 Winner, Books for Older Children; Candlewick) – in print