New York, N.Y. (December 13, 2023) — The Jane Addams Peace Association is delighted to announce 11 finalist titles under consideration for the 2024 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award in the Chapter Book category. Please find them listed at the conclusion of this release.

The winning and honor books from among these finalists will be announced on January 12, 2024. Awards will be presented to the winning and honored authors and illustrators at an in-person ceremony in Spring 2024 (exact date to come). All are invited, whether they be in classrooms, libraries or at home.

Since 1953, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award has annually recognized “children’s books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people.” A national committee of members with passion for and expertise in children’s literature and social justice is responsible for making the choices each year.

We believe that these books, and others like them, can open up conversations between children and their adults–teachers, librarians and caregivers–about what is happening in the world around them and how they can be changemakers in their own families and communities. We hope that promoting our final contenders in this way will serve to highlight a greater number of excellent children’s books that can deepen understanding of peace and justice.

A special thanks to the Hastings Peace & Justice Fund for their generous support of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award for many years.

2024 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Finalists for Chapter Books

Hands. Torrey Maldonado. Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House.

Ida in the Middle. Nora Lester Murad. Crocodile Books/Interlink Publishing.

Indigo and Ida. Heather Murphy Capps. Carolrhoda/Lerner Books.

Land of Broken Promises. Jane Kuo. Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins.

The Lost Year. Katherine Marsh. Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan.

Mascot. Charles Waters & Traci Sorell. Charlesbridge Press.

Saving Sunshine. Saadia Faruqi, illus. by Shazleen Khan. First Second Books/Macmillan.

School Trip. Jerry Craft. Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins.

Top Story. Kelly Yang. Scholastic Press.

Warrior Girl. Carmen Tafolla. Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House.

World Made of Glass. Ami Polonsky. Little, Brown and Company.