Monday, January 2, 2012

Jane Addams Children's Book Award BOOK LIST


Jane Addams Children’s Book Award 
Winners and Honor Books   
1953-2011 

2011 
  
Books for Younger Children - Winner 
Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty 
Written by Linda Glaser with paintings by Claire A. Nivola. Houghton Mifflin Books for 
Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2010. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story  
Written by Linda Sue Park. Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2010. 

Honor Books for Younger Children 
Ruth and the Green Book  
Written by Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Straus. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Carolrhoda 
Books/Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., 2010. 

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down  
Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Little, Brown Books for Young 
Readers/Hachette Book Group, 2010. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
The Ninth Ward 
Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers/ Hachette Book Group, 2010. 

Birmingham Sunday  
Written by Larry Dane Brimner. Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills Press, Inc., 2010. 

2010 

Books for Younger Children - Winner 
Nasreen’s Secret School:  A True Story from Afghanistan  
Written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter, Beach Lane Books/ Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing 
Division, 2009. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Marching for Freedom:  Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary  
Written by Elizabeth Partridge.  Viking/Penguin Young Readers Group, 2009. 

Honors Books for Younger Children 
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride 
Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Disney-Jump at the Sun Books, 2009. 

You and Me and Home Sweet Home  
Written by George Ella Lyon. Illustrated by Stephanie Anderson. Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum Books 
for Young Readers, 2009. 

Honors Books for Older Children 
Almost Astronauts:  13 Women Who Dared to Dream  
Written by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick Press, 2009. 

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. 
Written by Phillip Hoose.  Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus & Giroux/Macmillan Publishing for 
Children, 2009. 

2009 

Books for Younger Children – Winner 
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai 
Written and illustrated by Claire A. Nivola. Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux/ Macmillan 
Children's Publishing Group, 2008. 

Books for Older Children – Winner 
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom 
Written by Margarita Engle. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers/Macmillan Children's Publishing 
Group, 2009. 

Honor Books for Younger Children 
The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos  
Story/Cuento Lucía González. Illustrations/Illustraciones Lulu Delacre.  Children's Book Press, 2008. 

Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad 
Written and illustrated by James Rumford. Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan Children's 
Publishing Group, 2008. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
The Shepherd's Granddaughter  
Written by Anne Laurel Carter. Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2008. 

Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry 
Written by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson. National Geographic, 2008 

2008 

Books for Younger Children - Winner 
The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington’s Slave Finds Freedom 
Written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully.  Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin  
Written by Larry Dane Brimner. Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills Press, 2007. 

Honor Book for Younger Children 
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II 
Written and illustrated by Lita Judge. Hyperion Books for Children, 2007. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
Rickshaw Girl  
Written by Mitali Perkins.  Illustrated by Jamie Hogan. Charlesbridge, 2007. 

Elijah of Buxton  
Written by Christopher Paul Curtis. Scholastic Press/ Scholastic, Inc., 2007. 

Birmingham, 1963  
Written by Carole Boston Weatherford.  Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2007. 

2007 

Books for Younger Children - Winner 
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow 
Written by Amy Lee-Tai. Illustrated by Felicia Hoshino. Children’s Book Press, 2006. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Weedflower 
Written by Cynthia Kadohata.  Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster Children’s 
Publishing, 2006. 

Honor Books for Younger Children 
Night Boat to Freedom 
Written by Margot Theis Raven with pictures by E. B. Lewis. Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus & 
Giroux, 2006. 

Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom 
Written by Tim Tingle. Illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges.  Cinco Puntos Press, 2006. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
Freedom Walkers 
Written by Russell Freedman. Holiday House, 2006. 

Counting on Grace 
Written by Elizabeth Winthrop. Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Children’s Books/Random House, 
2006. 

2006 

Books for Younger Children - Winner 
Delivering Justice: W. W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights 
Written by Jim Haskins. Illustrated by Benny Andrews.  Candlewick Press  2005. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law that Changed the Future of Girls in America 
Written by Karen Blumenthal.  Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster, 2005. 

Honors Books for Younger Children 
Poems to Dream Together/Poemas para soñar juntos 
Written by Francisco X. Alarcón. Illustrated by Paula Barragán. Lee and Low Books, 2005. 

Honors Books for Older Children 

The Crazy Man 
Written by Pamela Porter. Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2005. 

Sweetgrass Basket 
Written by Marlene Carvell. Dutton Children’s Books/Penguin Young Readers Group, 2005. 

2005 

Books for Younger Children - Winner 
Sélavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope 
Written and illustrated by Youme.  Cinco Puntos Press, 2004. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote 
Written by Ann Bausum. National Geographic, 2004. 

Honor Book for Older Children 
The Heaven Shop 
Written by Deborah Ellis. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2004. 


Honors Books for Younger Children 
Hot Day on Abbott Avenue 
Written by Karen English, with collage art of Javaka Steptoe. Clarion Books, 2004. 

Henry and the Kite Dragon 
Written by Bruce Edward Hall, with paintings of William Low. Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers 
Group, 2004. 

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing 
Written by James Rumford, translation into Cherokee by Anna Sixkiller Huckaby. Houghton Mifflin Books 
for Children, 2004. 

2004 

Picture Books - Winner 
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez 
Written by Kathleen Krull. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. Harcourt Children's Books, 2003. 

Books for Older Children – Winner 
Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope  
Written by Beverley Naidoo. HarperCollins Children's Books, 2003. 

Picture Book Honors 
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings 
Written by Deborah Hopkinson. Illustrated by Terry Widener.  Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for 
Young Readers, 2003. 

Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen  
Written by Michelle R. McCann.  Illustrated by Ann Marshall. Tricycle Press, 2003. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case  
Written by Chris Crowe. Phyllis Fogelman Books/Penguin Books for Young Readers, 2003. 

Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924  
Written by Deborah Hopkinson. Orchard Books/Scholastic, Inc., 2003. 

Special Commendation 
The Breadwinner Trilogy: The Breadwinner (2000), Parvana's Journey (2002), and Mud City (2003) 
Written by Deborah Ellis. Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre.  

2003 

Picture Books - Winner 
Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam 
Written by Walter Dean Myers. Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. HarperCollins, 2002. 

Books for Older Children – Winner 
Parvana's Journey 
Written by Deborah Ellis. Groundwood Books/ Douglas & McIntyre, 2002. 

Honor Book for Older Children 
The Same Stuff as Stars 
Written by Katherine Paterson. Clarion, 2002. 

When My Name Was Keoko 
Written by Linda Sue Park. Clarion, 2002. 

Picture Book Honors 
¡Si, Se Puede! Yes We Can! Janitor Strike In L.A. 
Written by Diana Cohn and illustrated by Francisco Delgado. Cinco Puntos Press, 2002. 

The Village That Vanished 
Written by Ann Grifalconi.  Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Dial, 2002. 

2002 

Picture Books - Winner 
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Written by Doreen Rappaport. Artwork by Bryan Collier. Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 2001. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
The Other Side of Truth 
Written by Beverley Naidoo.  HarperCollins, 2001. 

Picture Book Honors 
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart 
Written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2001. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
A Group of One 
Written by Rachna Gilmore. Henry Holt, 2001. 

True Believer 
Written by Virginia Euwer Wolff. Atheneum / Simon & Schuster, 2001 

2001 

Picture Books - Winner 
The Composition 
Written by Antonio Skármeta and illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. Groundwood, 2000. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Esperanza Rising 
Written by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Scholastic Press, 2000 

Picture Book Honors 
The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark 
Written by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Henri Sorensen. Peachtree Publishers,  2000. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
The Color of My Words 
Written by Lynn Joseph. A Joanna Cotler Book / HarperCollins, 2000 

Darkness over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews 
Written by Ellen Levine. Holiday House, 2000. 

Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues 
Written by Harriette Gillem Robinet.  A Jean Karl Book/Atheneum /Simon & Schuster, 2000. 

2000 

Picture Books - Winner 
Molly Bannaky 
Written by Alice McGill. Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Through My Eyes 
Written by Ruby Bridges. Scholastic Press/ Scholastic, Inc., 1999. 

Picture Book Honors 
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers 
by Deborah Hopkinson. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. Anne Schwartz / Atheneum, 1999. 

When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry... 
Written and illustrated by Molly Bang. The Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Inc.,1999. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
The Birchbark House 
Written and illustrated by Louise Erdrich. Hyperion, 1999. 

Kids on Strike! 
Written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 

1999 

Picture Books - Winner 
Painted Words / Spoken Memories: Marianthe's Story 
Written and illustrated by Aliki. Greenwillow, 1998. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Bat 6 
Written by Virginia Euwer Wolff. Scholastic Press/Scholastic, Inc., 1998. 

Picture Book Honors 
Hey, Little Ant 
Written by Phillip and Hannah Hoose. Illustrated by Debbie Tilley. Tricycle Press, 1998 

i see the rhythm 
Written by Toyomi Igus. Illustrated by Michele Wood. Children's Book Press, 1998. 

This Land Is Your Land 
Words and music by Woody Guthrie. Illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen. Little, Brown, 1998. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
The Heart of a Chief 
Written by Joseph Bruchac. Dial, 1998. 

No More Strangers Now 
Written by Tim McKee. Photographs by Anne Blackshaw. A Melanie Kroupa Book/DK 
Ink, 1998. 

Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange 
Written by Elizabeth Partridge. Viking, 1998. 

1998 

Picture Books - Winner 
Seven Brave Women 
Written by Betsy Hearne. Illustrated by Bethanne Andersen. Greenwillow, 1997. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Habibi 
Written by Naomi Shihab Nye. Simon & Schuster, 1997. 

Picture Book Honors 
Celebrating Families 
Written by Rosmarie Hausherr. Scholastic, 1997. 

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story 
Written by Ken Mochizuki. Illustrated by Dom Lee. Lee & Low, 1997. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 
Written by Francisco Jimenez. University of New Mexico Press, 1997. 

Seedfolks 
Written by Paul Fleischman. Illustrated by Judy Pedersen.  HarperCollins, 1997. 

1997 

Picture Books - Winner 
Wilma Unlimited 
Written by Kathleen Krull. Illustrated by David Diaz. Harcourt Brace, 1996. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Growing Up In Coal County 
Written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 

Picture Book Honors 
The Day Gogo Went to Vote 
Written by Elinor Batezat Sisulu. Illustrated by Sharon Wilson. Little, Brown, 1996. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
Behind the Bedroom Wall 
Written by Laura E. Williams. Milkweed, 1996. 

Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl 
Written by Mildred Pitts Walter. Scholastic, 1996. 

1996 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
The Well 
Written by Mildred D. Taylor. Dial, 1995. 

Picture Books - No award given. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun 
Written by Jacqueline Woodson. Blue Sky / Scholastic, 1995. 

On the Wings of Peace: Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace 
in Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Clarion, 1995. 

The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 
Written by Christopher Paul Curtis. Delacorte, 1995. 

Special Commendation 
The Middle Passage:  White Ships, Black Cargo 
Written and illustrated by Tom Feelings. Dial, 1995. 

1995 

Picture Books - Winner 
Sitti's Secrets 
Written by Naomi Shihab Nye. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Four Winds Press, 1994. 

Book for Older Children - Winner 
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor 
Written by Russell Freedman. Clarion, 1994. 

Picture Book Honors  
Bein' with You This Way 
Written by W. Nikola-Lisa. Illustrated by Michael Bryant. Lee & Low, 1994. 

Honor Books for Older Children 
Cezanne Pinto 
Written by Mary Stolz. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. 

I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This 
Written by Jacqueline Woodson. Delacorte, 1994. 

1994 

Picture Books - Winner 
This Land Is My Land 
Written and illustrated by George Littlechild. Children's Book Press, 1993. 

Books for Older Children - Winner 
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Stories 
Written by Ellen Levine. G.P. Putnam's, 1993. 

Honor Book for Older Children 
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery 
Written by Russell Freedman. Clarion, 1993. 

Picture Book Honors 
Soul Looks Back in Wonder 
Poems selected and illustrated by Tom Feelings. Dial, 1993. 

1993 

Picture Books - Winner 
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky 
Written and illustrated by Faith Ringgold. Crown, 1992. 

Book for Older Children - Winner 
A Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 
Written by Frances Temple. Orchard, 1992. 

Picture Book Honors 
Mrs. Katz and Tush 
Written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco. Bantam, 1992. 

Honor Book for Older Children 
Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs 
Written by Mary E. Lyons. Scribners, 1992. 

1992 

Winner 
Journey of the Sparrows 
Written by Fran Leeper Buss with the assistance of Daisy Cubias. Lodestar, 1991. 

Honor Book  
Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom 
Written by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins, 1991. 

1991 

Winner 
The Big Book for Peace 
Edited by Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs. Dutton, 1990. 

Honor Books 
The Journey: Japanese-Americans, Racism and Renewal 
Painting and text by Sheila Hamanaka. Richard Jackson / Orchard, 1990. 

The Middle of Somewhere: A Story of South Africa 
Written by Sheila Gordon. Orchard, 1990. 

1990 

Winner 
A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter 
Written by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack. Walker, 1989. 

Honor Books 
Number the Stars 
Written by Lois Lowry. Houghton Mifflin, 1989. 

Shades of Gray 
Written by Carolyn Reeder. Macmillan, 1989. 

The Wednesday Surprise 
Written by Eve Bunting. Illustrated by Donald Carrick. Clarion, 1989. 

1989  

Winners 
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave 
Written by Virginia Hamilton. Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 

Looking Out 
Written by Victoria Boutis. Four Winds Press, 1988. 

Honor Books 
December Stillness 
Written by Mary Downing Hahn. Clarion, 1988. 

The Most Beautiful Place in the World 
Written by Ann Cameron. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 

Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust 
Written by Milton Meltzer. Harper & Row, 1988. 

1988 

Winner 
Waiting for the Rain: A Novel of South Africa 
Written by Sheila Gordon. Orchard Books/Franklin Watts, 1987. 

Honor Books: 
Nicolas, Where Have You Been? 
Written and illustrated by Leo Lionni. Knopf, 1987. 

Trouble at the Mines 
Written by Doreen Rappaport. Illustrated by Joan Sandin. Crowell, 1987. 

1987 

Winner 
Nobody Wants a Nuclear War 
Story and pictures by Judith Vigna. Albert Whitman, 1986. 

Honor Books 
All in a Day 
Written by Mitsumasa Anno. Philomel, 1986. 

Children of the Maya: A Guatemalan Indian Odyssey 
Written by Brent Ashabranner. Photographs by Paul Conklin. Dodd, Mead, 1986 

1986 

Winner 
Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America's Peace Seekers 
Written by Milton Meltzer. Harper & Row, 1985. 

Honor Book 
Journey to the Soviet Union 
Written by Samantha Smith. Little, Brown, 1985. 

1985 

Winner 
The Short Life of Sophie Scholl 
Written by Hermann Vinke. Translated from the German by Hedvig Pachter. Harper & Row, 1984. 

Honor Books 
The Island on Bird Street 
Written by Uri Orlev. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.  Houghton, Mifflin, 1984. 

Music, Music for Everyone 
Written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams. Greenwillow, 1984. 

1984 
Rain of Fire 
Written by Marion Dane Bauer. Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 1983. 

1983 

Winner 
Hiroshima No Pika 
Words and pictures by Toshi Maruki. Translated from the Japanese. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1982. 

Honor Books 
The Bomb 
Written by Sidney Lenz. Lodestar / Dutton, 1982. 

If I Had a Paka: Poems in Eleven Languages 
Written by Charlotte Pomerantz. Illustrated by Nancy Tafuri. Greenwillow, 1982. 

West Coast Honor Book  
People at the Edge of the World: The Ohlone of Central California 
Written by Betty Morrow. Bacon, 1982. 

Special Recognition 
All the Colors of the Race 
Written by Arnold Adoff. Illustrated by John Steptoe. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1982. 

Children as Teachers of Peace 
Written by Our Children. Edited by Gerald G. Jamplosky. Celestial Press, 1982. 

1982 

Winner 
A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind 
Written by Athena V. Lord. Macmillan, 1981. 

Honor Books 
Let the Circle Be Unbroken 
Written by Mildred D. Taylor. Dial, 1981. 

Lupita Mañana 
Written by Patricia Beatty. Morrow, 1981. 

1981 

Winner 
First Woman in Congress: Jeannette Rankin 
Written by Florence Meiman White. Julian Messner, 1980. 

Honor Books 
Chase Me, Catch Nobody! 
Written by Erik Haugaard. Houghton Mifflin, 1980. 

Doing Time: A Look at Crime and Prisons 
Written by Phyllis Clark and Robert Lehrman. Hastings House, 1980. 

We Are Mesquakie, We Are One 
Written by Hadley Irwin. Feminist Press, 1980. 

1980 

Winner 
The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl 
Written by David Kherdian. Greenwillow, 1979. 

West Coast Honor Book 
Woman from Hiroshima 
Written by Toshio Mori. Isthmus, 1979. 

Special Recognition 
Natural History 
Written by M. B. Goffstein. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. 

1979 

Winner 
Many Smokes, Many Moons: A Chronology of American Indian History through Indian Art 
Written by Jamake Highwater. Lippincott, 1978. 

Honor Books 
Escape to Freedom 
Written by Ossie Davis. Viking, 1978. 

The Great Gilly Hopkins 
Written by Katherine Paterson. Crowell, 1978. 

1978 

Winner 
Child of the Owl 
Written by Laurence Yep. Harper & Row, 1977. 

Honor Books 
Alan and Naomi 
Written by Myron Levoy. Harper & Row, 1977. 

Mischling, Second Degree 
Written by Ilse Koehn. Greenwillow, 1977. 

Special Recognition 
Amifika 
Written by Lucille Clifton. Illustrated by Thomas DiGrazia Dutton, 1977. 

The Wheel of King Asoka 
Written and illustrated  by Ashok Davar. Follett, 1977. 

1977 

Winner 
Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust 
Written by Milton Meltzer. Harper & Row, 1976. 

Honor Book 
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 
Written by Mildred D. Taylor. Dial, 1976. 

1976 

Winner 
Paul Robeson 
Written by Eloise Greenfield. Illustrated by George Ford. T.Y. Crowell, 1975. 

Honor Books 
Dragonwings 
Written by Laurence Yep. Harper& Row, 1975. 

Song of the Trees 
Written by Mildred D. Taylor.  Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1975. 

Z for Zachariah 
by Robert C. O'Brien. Atheneum, 1975. 

1975 

Winner 
The Princess and the Admiral 
Written by Charlotte Pomerantz. Addison-Wesley, 1974. 

Honor Books 
The Eye of Conscience 
Written by Milton Meltzer and Bernard Cole. Follett, 1974. 

My Brother Sam Is Dead 
Written by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. Four Winds, 1974. 

Viva la Raza! 
Written by Elizabeth Sutherland Martinez and Enriqueta Longeaux y Vasquez. 
Doubleday, 1974. 

1974 

Winner 
Nilda 
Written by Nicholasa Mohr. Harper & Row, 1973. 

Honor Books 
A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich 
Written by Alice Childress. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. 

Men Against War 
Written by Barbara Habenstreit. Doubleday, 1973. 

A Pocket Full of Seeds 
Written by Marilyn Sachs. Illustrated by Ben Stahl. Doubleday, 1973. 

1973 

Winner 
The Riddle of Racism 
Written by S. Carl Hirsch. Viking, 1972. 

Honor Book 
The Upstairs Room 
Written by Johanna Reiss. Crowell, 1972. 

1972 
The Tamarack Tree 
Written by Betty Underwood. Illustrated by Bea Holmes. Houghton Mifflin, 1971. 

1971 
Jane Addams: Pioneer of Social Justice 
Written by Cornelia Meigs. Little Brown, 1970. 

1970 
The Cay 
Written by Theodore Taylor. Doubleday, 1969. 

1969 
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia 
Written by Esther Hautzig. T.Y. Crowell, 1968. 

1968 
The Little Fishes 
Written by Erick Haugaard. Illustrated by Milton Johnson. Houghton Mifflin, 1967. 

1967 
Queenie Peavy 
Written by Robert Burch. Illustrated by Jerry Lazare. Viking, 1966. 

1966 
Berries Goodman 
Written by Emily Cheney Neville. Harper & Row, 1965. 

1965 
Meeting with a Stranger 
Written by Duane Bradley. Illustrated by E. Harper Johnson. Lippincott, 1964. 

1964 
Profiles in Courage: Young Readers Memorial Edition 
Written by John F. Kennedy. Harper & Row, 1964. 

1963 
The Monkey and the Wild, Wild Wind 
Written by Ryerson Johnson. Illustrated by Lois Lignell. Abelard-Schuman, 1961. 

1962 
The Road to Agra 
Written by Aimee Sommerfelt. Illustrated by Ulf Aas. Criterion, 1961. 

1961 
What Then, Raman? 
Written by Shirley L. Arora. Illustrated by Hans Guggenheim.  Follett, 1960. 

1960 
Champions of Peace 
Written by Edith Patterson Meyer. Illustrated by Eric von Schmidt. Little Brown, 1959. 

1959 
No Award Given 

1958 
The Perilous Road 
Written by William O. Steele. Illustrated by Paul Galdone. Harcourt, Brace, 1957. 

1957 
Blue Mystery 
Written by Margot Benary-Isbert.  Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Illustrated 
by Enrice Arno.  Harcourt, Brace, 1957. 

1956 
Story of the Negro 
Written by Arna Bontemps. Illustrated by Raymond Lufkin. Knopf, 1955. 

1955 
Rainbow Round the World 
Written by Elizabeth Yates. Illustrated by Betty Alde. Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. 

1954 
Stick-in-the-Mud;  A Tale of a Village, a Custom, and a Little Boy. 
Written by Jean Ketchum. Illustrated by Fred Ketchum. Cadmus Books, E.M. Hale, 1953. 

1953 
People Are Important 
Written by Eva Knox Evans. Illustrated by Vana Earle. Capitol, 1951. 


What is the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award? 

The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award is an annual award that honors children’s books of literary and 
artistic merit that invite children to think deeply about peace, social justice, world community and 
gender and racial equality. The Jane Addams Peace Association has presented the Jane Addams 
Children’s Book Award since 1953. The association is the educational arm of the Women's International 
League for Peace and Freedom founded by  on April 28th in 1915 with Addams as its first president.  The 
Awards are announced each year on April 28. Information about the Addams Award can be found at 
www.janeaddamspeace.org or by contacting the  

Jane Addams Peace Association, 
777 United Nations Plaza, 6th Floor, 
New York, NY 10017 
(212) 682-8830 
japa@igc.org 

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