Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winners
Jane Addams' awards are presented annually to the children's book that most effectively
promotes the
cause of peace, social justice and world community.
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2012
The Mangrove Tree by
Susan L Roth & Susan Trumbore (On order)
Slyvia & Aki by
Conkling Winifred (F Con)
Peaceful Pieces by
Anna Grossnickle Hines
(On order)
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend by
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
(On order)
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by
Kadir Nelson(973 Nel)
Inside and Out & Back Again by
Thanhha Lai (F Lai)
2011
Emma's Poem by
Linda Glaser (On order)
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by
Linda Sue Park (F Par)
Ruth and the Green Book by
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
(On order)
Sit-In: How Four Friend Stood Up by Sitting Down by
Andrea Davis Pinkney
(On order)
The Ninth Ward by
Jewell Parker Rhodes(F Rho)
Birmingham Sunday by
Larry Dane Brimner (On Order)
2010
Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by
Jeanette Winter (On order)
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary
by
Elizabeth Partridge (323.1196 Par)
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride by
Andrea
Davis Pinkney (On order)
You and Me and Home Sweet Home by
George Ella
Lyon (On order)
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared by
Tanya Lee Stone (On order)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice by
Philip Hoose (323.092 Hoo)
2009
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by
Claire A Nivola McCully (On order)
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by
Margarita Engle (811.54 Eng)
The Storyteller's Candle by
Lucia Gonzalez
(On order)
Silent Music: The Story of Baghdad by
James
Rumford(On order)
The Shepherd's Granddaughter by
Anne Laurel
Carter (On order)
Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
by
Scott Reynolds Nelson (On order)
2008
The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom
by
Emily Arnold McCully P McC)
We are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin by
Larry Dane Brimner (323.092 Bri)
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by
Lita Judge(P Jud)
Rickshaw Girl by
Mitali Perkins(F
Per)
2007
A Place Where Sunflower Grows by
Amy Lee-Tai
(P Lee)
Weedflower by
Cynthia Kadohata (F
Kad)
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
by
Tim Tingle(P Tin)
Night Boat to Freedom by
Margot Theis Raven(P
Rav)
2006
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight Right ,by
Jim Haskins (323.092 Has)
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law That Changed the Future
of Girls in America by
Karen Blumenthal (796.082 Blu)
2005
Selavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope by
Youme Landowne (P You)
Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote by
Anne
Bausum (324.6230973 Bau)
2004
Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope. by
Beverley Naidoo (F Nai)
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. by
Kathleen Krull (on order)
2003
Parvana's Journey. by
Deborah Ellis
(F Ell)
Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam. by
Walter Dean Myers(P Mye)
2002
Martin's Big Words. by
Doreen Rappaport
(B King)
The Other Side of Truth. by
Beverley Naidoo
(F Nai)
2001
The Composition. by
Antonio Skarmeta
(P Ska)
Esperanza Rising. by
Pam Munoz Ryan
(F Rya)
2000
Through my eyes. by
Margo Lundell
(379.263092 Bri)
Molly Bannaky. by
Alice McGill (P
McG)
1999
Bat 6. by
Virginia Euwer Wolff (F
Wol)
Painted words : Marianthe's Story, One ; Spoken memories : Marianthe's
Story, Two. by
Aliki.(P Ali)
1998
Habibi.; by
Naomi Shihab Nye (F Nye)
Seven Brave Women. by
Betsy Hearne
(P Hea)
1997
Wilma Unlimited. by
Kathleen Krull
(B Rudolph)
The Princess and the Admiral. by
Charlotte
Pomerantz (F Pom)
1996
The Well.; by
Mildred Taylor (F Tay)
Middle Passage. by
Tom Feelings (759.13
Fee)
1995
Kids at Work : Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor.
by
Russell Freedman (331.31092 Fre)
Sitti's Secret. by
Naomi Shihab Nye
(not in CMC)
1994
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Stories.by
Ellen Levine (973.0496073 Lev)
This Land is My Land. by
George Littlechild
(971.0049730092 Lit )
1993
A Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti. by
Frances Temple (F Tem)
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky. by
Faith Ringgold (F Rin)
1992
Journey of the Sparrows. by
Fran Leeper
Buss (on order)
1991
The Big Book for Peace. by
Ann Durell
(810.80358 Big)
1990
A Long Hard Journey; The Story of Pullman Porter. by
Patricia and Fredrick McKissack (331.8811385 Mck)
1989
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave.
by
Virginia Hamilton (B Burns)
1988
Waiting for the Rain; A Novel of South Africa. by
Sheila Gordon (on order)
1987
Nobody Wants a Nuclear War. by
Judith Vigna
(on order)
1986
Ain't Gonna Study War No More; The Story of America's Peace Seekers.
(on order)
1985
The short life of Sophie Scholl. by
Hermann Vinke (on order)
1984
Rain of Fire. by
Marion Bauer (F
Bau)
1983
Hiroshima No Pika.by
Toshi Maruki
(940.5426 Mar)
1982
A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind. by
Athena V. Lord (F Khe)
1981
First Woman in Congress: Jeannette Rankin. by
Florence White (on order)
1980
The Road From Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl. by
David Kherdian (F Khe)
1979
Many smokes, Many Moons: A Chronology of American Indian History Through
Indian Art. by
Jamake Highwater (on order)
1978
Child of the Owl. by
Laurence Yep
(F Yep)
1977
Never to forget: the Jews of the Holocaust. by
Milton Melzer (not in CMC)
1976
Paul Robeson. by
Eloise Greenfield
(not in CMC)
1975
Princess and the Admiral. by
Charlotte Pomerantz
(F Pom)
1974
Nilda. by
Nicholasa Mohr (Main Library
PS3563.O36.N5 1986)
1973
The Riddle of Racism.; by
Carl Hirsch
(not in CMC)
197
The Tamarack Tree. by
Betty Underwood
(F Und)
1971
Jane Addams: Pioneer of Social Justice .by
Cornelia Meigs (not in CMC)
1970
The Cay. by
Theodore Taylor (F Tay)
1969
The Endless Steppe: Growing up in Siberia. by
Esther Hautzig (B Hautzig)
1968
The Little Fishes. by
Erick Haugaard
(F Hau)
1967
Queeenie Peavy.by
Robert Burch (F
Bur)
1966
Berries Goodman. by
Emily Cheney Neville
(not in CMC)
1965
Meeting with a Stranger. by
Duane Bradley
(not in CMC)
1964
Profiles in Courage: Young Readers Memorial Edition. by
John F. Kennedy (B Kennedy)
1963
The Monkey and the Wild, Wild wind. by
Ryerson Johnson (not in CMC)
1962
The Road to Agra. by Aimee Sommerfelt (not in CMC)
1961
What Then, Raman? by
Shirley L. Arora
(not in CMC)
1960
Champions of Peace. by
Edith Patterson Meyer
(not in CMC)
1959
No Award
1958
The Perilous road. by
William O. Steele
(F Ste)
1957
Blue Mystery. by
Margot Benary-Isbert
(not in CMC)
1956
Story of the Negro. by
Arna Bontemps
(E29.N3.B6 1964)
1955
Rainbow round the world. by
Elizabeth Yates
(not in CMC)
1954
Stick-in-the-mud. by
Jean Ketchum
(not in CMC)
1953
People are Important. by
Eva Knox Evans
(not in CMC)
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