A list of Jane Addams awarded books aimed at grades PK-K, sorted by Teaching Books.
The Sacred Stone Camp
by Rae Rose and Aly McKnight
(Finalist, 2026)
How Sweet the Sound
by Kwame Alexander and Charly Palmer
(Finalist, 2026)
Up, Up, Ever Up!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains
by Anita Yasuda and Yuko Shimizu
(Picture Book Finalist, 2025)
Freedom Braids
by Monique Duncan and Oboh Moses
(Finalist, 2025)
Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park
by María Dolores Águila and Magdalena Mora
(Finalist, 2025)
The Artivist
by Nikkolas Smith
(Honor, 2024)
A Hero Like Me
by Jen Reid, Angela Joy, illustrated by Leire Salaberria
(Finalist, 2024)
Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior
by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Bridget George
(Finalist, 2024)
Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader
by Michelle Duster, illustrated by Laura Freeman
(Honor, 2023)
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
by Peter Sís
(Finalist, 2022)
Be Strong
by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Jen Hill
(Finalist, 2022)
The Teachers March!: How Selma’s Teachers Changed History
by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace, illustrated by Charly Palmer
(Finalist, 2020)
Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret
by Jess Keating, illustrated by Katie Hickey
(Honor, 2021)
The Day War Came
by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb
(Honor, 2019)
Malala’s Magic Pencil
by Malala Yousafzai, illustrated by Kerascoët
(Winner, 2018)
New Shoes
by Susan Lynn Meyer, illustrated by Eric Velasquez
(Winner, 2016)
We March
by Shane W. Evans
(Honor, 2013)
You and Me and Home Sweet Home
by George Ella Lyon and Stephanie Anderson
(Honor, 2010)
Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para sonar juntos
by Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Paula Barragan
(Honor, 2006)
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings
by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Terry Widener
(Honor, 2004)
All in a Day
by Mitsumasa Anno
(Honor, 1987)
This Land is Your Land
by Woody Guthrie, illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen
(Honor, 1999)
Bein’ with You This Way
by W. Nikola-Lisa, illustrated by Michael Bryant
(Honor, 1995)
Music, Music for Everyone
by Vera B. Williams
(Honor, 1985)
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History
by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jerry Jordan
(Finalist, 2026)
Ceecee: Underground Railroad Cinderella
by Shana Keller and Laura Freeman
(Finalist 2026)
I Heard: An American Journey
by Jaha Nailah Avery and Steffi Walthall
(Finalist, 2025)
A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child’s Search for Home
by Maysa Odeh and Aliaa Betawi
(Honor, 2025)
Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor
by Srividhya Venkat and Danica da Silva Pereira
(Finalist, 2025)
My Red, White, and Blue
by Alana Tyson, illustrated by London Ladd
(Finalist, 2024)
Something, Someday
by Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Christian Robinson
(Finalist, 2024)
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book
by Tonya Bolden and Eric Velasquez
(Finalist, 2023)
Until Someone Listens
by Estela Juarez, Lissette Norman, illustrated by Teresa Martínez
(Finalist, 2023)
Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge
by Ray Anthony Shepard, illustrated by Keith Mallett
(Honor, 2022)
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac
(Finalist, 2022)
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb
by Veronica Chambers, illustrated by Rachelle Baker
(Finalist, 2020)
Black Is a Rainbow Color
by Angela Joy, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
(Honor, 2021)
Julián is a Mermaid
by Jessica Love
(Honor, 2019)
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
(Honor, 2017)
The Whispering Town
by Jennifer Elvgren, illustrated by Fabio Santomauro
(Honor, 2015)
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers
by Sarah Warren, illustrated by Robert Casilla
(Honor, 2013)
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
(Honor, 2010)
Henry and the Kite Dragon
by Bruce Edward Hall, illustrated by William Low
(Honor, 2005)
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Yuyi Morales
(Winner, 2004)
When Sophie Gets Angry…Really, Really Angry
by Molly Bang
(Honor, 2000)
Celebrating Families
by Rosmarie Hausherr
(Honor, 1998)
If I Had a Paka
by Charlotte Pomerantz and Nancy Tafuri
(Honor, 1983)
Natural History
by M.B. Goffstein
(Commended, 1980)
The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar
by Azadeh Westergaard
(Finalist, 2026)
Faith Takes the Train
by Kesi Augustine and Mokshini
(Finalist, 2026)
Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade
by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long, and Xia Gordon
(Finalist, 2025)
The House Before Falling Into the Sea
by Ann Suk Wang and Hanna Cha
(Finalist, 2025)
Dear You, Dream Big!
by Baptiste Paul and Toni D. Chambers
(Finalist, 2025)
The Walk
by Winsome Bingham, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
(Finalist, 2024)
Justice Ketanji: The Story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
by Denise Lewis Patrick, illustrated by Kim Holt
(Finalist, 2024)
Because Claudette
by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Tonya Engel
(Finalist, 2023)
The Mother of a Movement
by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Sam Kalda
(Finalist, 2023)
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
by Kekla Magoon, illustrated by Laura Freeman
(Finalist, 2022)
The Day Saida Arrived
by Susana Gómez Redondo and Sonja Wimmer
(Finalist, 2020)
Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea
by Meena Harris, illustrated by Ana Ramírez González
(Finalist, 2020)
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade
(Winner, 2021)
The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López
(Winner, 2019)
Steamboat School
by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Ron Husband
(Winner, 2017)
We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
(Honor, 2014)
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights Story
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Bettye Stroud, illustrated by John Holyfield
(Honor, 2012)
The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Honor, 2009)
Selavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope
by Youme Landowne
(Winner, 2005)
The Village That Vanished
by Ann Grifalconi, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
(Honor, 2003)
Hey, Little Ant
by Phillip Hoose, Hannah Hoose, illustrated by Debbie Tilley
(Honor, 1999)
Seven Brave Women
by Betsy Hearne, illustrated by Bethanne Andersen
(Winner, 1998)
Mrs. Katz and Tush
by Patricia Polacco
(Honor, 1993)
Amifika
by Lucille Clifton
(Commended, 1978)
The History of We
by Nikkolas Smith
(Finalist, 2026)
Brave
by Weshoyot Alvitre
(Finalist, 2026)
They Call Me Teach
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Winner, 2025)
The Last Stand
by Antwan Eady, Jerome Pumphrey, and Jarrett Pumphrey
(Finalist, 2025)
Spanish Is the Language of My Family
by Michael Genhart and John Parra
(Finalist, 2024)
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust
by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Amy June Bates
(Finalist, 2024)
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Loveis Wise
(Finalist, 2023)
When the Schools Shut Down: A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s Lost Generation and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Decision
by Yolanda Gladden, Keisha Morris, illustrated by Tamara Pizzoli
(Finalist, 2023)
Ambitious Girl
by Meena Harris, illustrated by Marissa Valdez
(Finalist, 2022)
Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children
by Jonah Winter and Nancy Carpenter
(Finalist, 2020)
The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America
by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Alexandra Bye
(Finalist, 2020)
Freedom Soup
by Tami Charles, illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara
(Finalist, 2020)
Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James Ransome
(Honor, 2018)
Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
by Edwidge Danticat, illustrated by Leslie Staub
(Honor, 2016)
Each Kindness
by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
(Winner, 2013)
Nicolas, Where Have You Been?
by Leo Lionni
(Honor, 1988)
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
by Amy Lee-Tai, illustrated by Felicia Hoshino
(Winner, 2007)
Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
by Karen English, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe
(Honor, 2005)
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
(Winner, 2002)
Marianthe’s Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories
by Aliki
(Winner, 1999)
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman
by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by David Diaz
(Winner, 1997)
The Wednesday Surprise
by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Donald Carrick
(Honor, 1990)
The Monkey and the Wild, Wild Wind
by Ryerson Johnson
(Winner, 1963)