Since 1953, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award honors books published in the U.S. during the previous year that engage children in thinking about peace, justice, world community, and/or equality of the sexes and all races. The books also must meet
conventional standards of literary and artistic excellence.
Congratulations to the 59th Jane Addams Children's Book Awardees: Susan Roth, Cindy Trumbore, Winifred Conkling, Anna Grossnickle Hines, Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Bettye Stroud, John Holyfield, Kadir Nelson, and Thanhha Lai.
Congratulations to the 59th Jane Addams Children's Book Awardees: Susan Roth, Cindy Trumbore, Winifred Conkling, Anna Grossnickle Hines, Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Bettye Stroud, John Holyfield, Kadir Nelson, and Thanhha Lai.
Winner of Books for Younger Children
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| The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, Illustrated by Susan L. Roth Lee and Low
Dr. Gordon Sato, a survivor of the Japanese internment camp Manzanar, is a biologist committed to ending hunger throughout the world. In the village of Hargigo in Eritria, local women provide the labor to plant mangrove trees which supply them with much needed income. The trees turn carbon dioxide to oxygen, attract fish, and feed goats, sheep, and children.
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Winner of Books for Older Children
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| Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling Tricycle Press | Random House Books for Children
Young Sylvia Mendez moved into Aki Munemitsu’s home when Aki’s family was relocated to a Japanese internment camp. Sylvia and her siblings weren't allowed to register at the same school Aki attended, but were sent to a “Mexican” school. Sylvia’s father challenged the separation of races in California’s schools by filing the suit that ultimately led to the desegregation of California schools and helped build the case that would end school segregation nationally.
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Honors for Books for Younger Children
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| Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts about Peace by Anna Grossnickle Hines Macmillan | Henry Holt
In her collection of poems illustrated with her handmade quilts, Anna Grossnickle Hines explores peace in familiar and unfamiliar forms, leading young readers to find their own way to peace, and then act upon it.
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| Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend written by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud, illustrated by John Holyfield Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Hachette
Waiting for his mother in Gee’s Bend, young Alex spots a mule running loose and eating crops from someone’s garden. When he asks about the mule, Alex learns about the famous Belle and her connection to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Honors for Books for Older Children
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| Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson Balzer and Bray | HarperCollins
The story of African and African American history from Colonial days to the day the aging narrator casts her vote for the first African American president.
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| Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Harper | HarperCollins
As the Vietnamese war reaches ten year-old Ha’s family in Saigon, she and her mother and brothers flee for America. Told as a series of free verse poems, Ha finds her footing through her first year as a refugee.
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