A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez

by María Dolores Águila

(Finalist, 2026)

A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth Asawa

by Caroline McAlister and Jamie Green

(Finalist, 2026)

Not Nothing

by Gayle Forman

(Winner, 2025)

Up, Up, Ever Up!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains

by Anita Yasuda and Yuko Shimizu

(Picture Book Finalist, 2025)

Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Alex Bostic

(Honor, 2025)

To Boldly Go

by Angela Dalton and Lauren Semmer

(Finalist, 2024)

The Lost Year

by Katherine Marsh

(Winner, 2024)

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

by Angela Joy, illustrated by Janelle Washington

(Winner, 2023)

Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women

by Christine McDonnell, illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov

(Honor, 2023)

¡Mambo Mucho Mambo!: The Dance That Crossed Color Lines

by Dean Robbins, illustrated by Eric Velasquez

(Finalist, 2023)

Linked

by Gordon Korman

(Finalist, 2022)

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

by Peter Sís

(Finalist, 2022)

She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer

by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by Julianna Swaney

(Finalist, 2022)

When Stars Are Scattered

by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy

(Finalist, 2020)

Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice

by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, illustrated by Theodore Taylor, III

(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)

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley

(Honor, 2017)

Full Cicada Moon

by Marilyn Hilton

(Honor, 2016)

The Whispering Town

by Jennifer Elvgren, illustrated by Fabio Santomauro

(Honor, 2015)

We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song

by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

(Honor, 2014)

We March

by Shane W. Evans

(Honor, 2013)

Sylvia & Aki

by Winifred Conkling

(Winner, 2012)

Ruth and the Green Book

by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

(Honor, 2011)

You and Me and Home Sweet Home

by George Ella Lyon and Stephanie Anderson

(Honor, 2010)

Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

by Linda Glaser and Claire A. Nivola

(Winner, 2011)

Rickshaw Girl

by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan

(Honor, 2008)

A Pocket Full of Seeds

by Marilyn Sachs

(Honor, 1974)

Selavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope

by Youme Landowne

(Winner, 2005)

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing

by James Rumford

(Honor, 2005)

Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier

(Winner, 2002)

All in a Day

by Mitsumasa Anno

(Honor, 1987)

Soul Looks Back in Wonder

by Tom Feelings

(Honor, 1994)

Marianthe’s Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories

by Aliki

(Winner, 1999)

Celebrating Families

by Rosmarie Hausherr

(Honor, 1998)

The Day Gogo Went to Vote

by Elinor Batezat Sisulu, illustrated by Sharon Wilson

(Honor, 1997)

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

by Sheila Hamanaka

(Honor, 1996)

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery

by Russell Freedman

(Honor, 1994)

Now Is Your Time!: The African-American Struggle for Freedom

by Walter Dean Myers

(Honor, 1992)

The Most Beautiful Place in the World

by Ann Cameron, illustrated by Thomas Burt Allen

(Honor, 1989)

Hiroshima No Pika

by Toshi Maruki

(Winner, 1983)

Amifika

by Lucille Clifton

(Commended, 1978)

The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze

by Derrick Barnes

(Finalist, 2026)

The Sacred Stone Camp

by Rae Rose and Aly McKnight

(Finalist, 2026)

How Sweet the Sound

by Kwame Alexander and Charly Palmer

(Finalist, 2026)

They Call Me Teach

by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome

(Winner, 2025)

A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child’s Search for Home

by Maysa Odeh and Aliaa Betawi

(Honor, 2025)

I’m from Here Too

by Kashmira Sheth

(Finalist, 2025)

Land of Broken Promises

by Jane Kuo

(Finalist, 2024)

Dream, Annie, Dream

by Waka T. Brown

(Finalist, 2023)

Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Loveis Wise

(Finalist, 2023)

I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story

by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, illustrated by Julia Kuo

(Finalist, 2023)

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

by Alda P. Dobbs

(Finalist, 2022)

Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge

by Ray Anthony Shepard, illustrated by Keith Mallett

(Honor, 2022)

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper

(Honor, 2022)

Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress

by Alicia D. Williams, illustrated by April Harrison

(Winner, 2022)

We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade

(Winner, 2021)

The Blackbird Girls

by Anne Blankman

(Finalist, 2020)

Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb

by Veronica Chambers, illustrated by Rachelle Baker

(Finalist, 2020)

The Night Diary

by Veera Hiranandani

(Honor, 2019)

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi

(Honor, 2018)

Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation

by Edwidge Danticat, illustrated by Leslie Staub

(Honor, 2016)

New Shoes

by Susan Lynn Meyer, illustrated by Eric Velasquez

(Winner, 2016)

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909

by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

(Winner, 2014)

Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers

by Sarah Warren, illustrated by Robert Casilla

(Honor, 2013)

Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights Story

by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Bettye Stroud, illustrated by John Holyfield

(Honor, 2012)

Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts about Peace

by Anna Grossnickle Hines

(Honor, 2012)

A Long Walk to Water

by Linda Sue Park

(Winner, 2011)

Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

by Jeanette Winter

(Winner, 2010)

The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos

by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre

(Honor, 2009)

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II

by Lita Judge

(Honor, 2008)

I See the Rhythm

by Toyomi Igus, illustrated by Michele Wood

(Honor, 1999)

Hot Day on Abbott Avenue

by Karen English, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

(Honor, 2005)

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Yuyi Morales

(Winner, 2004)

The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark

by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Henri Sorensen

(Honor, 2001)

A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers

by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Raúl Colón

(Honor, 2000)

Molly Bannaky

by Alice McGill, illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet

(Winner, 2000)

Seven Brave Women

by Betsy Hearne, illustrated by Bethanne Andersen

(Winner, 1998)

This Land Is My Land

by George Littlechild

(Winner, 1994)

Children as Teachers of Peace

by Gerald G. Jampolsky

(Commended, 1983)

Sitti’s Secrets

by Naomi Shihab Nye, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

(Winner, 1995)

Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky

by Faith Ringgold

(Winner, 1993)

The Journey: Japanese Americans, Racism and Renewal

by Sheila Hamanaka

(Honor, 1991)

Journey to the Soviet Union

by Samantha Smith

(Honor, 1986)

All the Colors of the Race

by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by John Steptoe

(Commended, 1983)

Queenie Peavy

by Robert Burch and Jerry Lazare

(Winner, 1967)

The Monkey and the Wild, Wild Wind

by Ryerson Johnson

(Winner, 1963)

The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar

by Azadeh Westergaard

(Finalist, 2026)

Ceecee: Underground Railroad Cinderella

by Shana Keller and Laura Freeman

(Finalist 2026)

Freedom Braids

by Monique Duncan and Oboh Moses

(Finalist, 2025)

Kareem Between

by Shifa Saltagi Safadi

(Finalist, 2025)

Fake Chinese Sounds

by Jing Jing Tsong

(Finalist, 2025)

That Flag

by Tameka Fryer Brown, illustrated by Nikkolas Smith

(Honor, 2024)

Swim Team

by Johnnie Christmas

(Honor, 2023)

Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

by Tonya Bolden, illustrated by Eric Velasquez

(Finalist, 2023)

Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Sonja Cherry-Paul, illustrated by Rachelle Baker

(Finalist, 2022)

The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

by Cynthia Y. Levinson, illustrated by Evan Turk

(Finalist, 2022)

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

by Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Christian Robinson

(Finalist, 2022)

Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book

by Keila V. Dawson, illustrated by Alleanna Harris

(Finalist, 2022)

Show Me a Sign

by Ann Clare Lezotte

(Finalist, 2020)

Black Is a Rainbow Color

by Angela Joy, illustrated by Ekua Holmes

(Honor, 2021)

A Wish in the Dark

by Christina Soontornvat

(Winner, 2021)

Brother’s Keeper

by Julie Lee

(Finalist, 2020)

Julián is a Mermaid

by Jessica Love

(Honor, 2019)

The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial

by Susan E. Goodman, illustrated by E.B. Lewis

(Honor, 2017)

Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

by Jonah Winter and Shane W. Evans

(Honor, 2016)

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

by Duncan Tonatiuh

(Winner, 2015)

Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education

by Elizabeth Suneby, illustrated by Suana Verelst

(Honor, 2014)

Each Kindness

by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis

(Winner, 2013)

Inside Out & Back Again

by Thanhhà Lại

(Honor, 2012)

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families

by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore

(Winner, 2012)

Ninth Ward

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

(Honor, 2011)

Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride

by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

(Honor, 2010)

Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad

by James Rumford

(Honor, 2009)

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

by Amy Lee-Tai, illustrated by Felicia Hoshino

(Winner, 2007)

Night Boat to Freedom

by Margot Theis Raven, illustrated by E.B. Lewis

(Honor, 2007)

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

by James Haskins, illustrated by Benny Andrews

(Winner, 2006)

Henry and the Kite Dragon

by Bruce Edward Hall, illustrated by William Low

(Honor, 2005)

Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Terry Widener

(Honor, 2004)

Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues

by Harriette Gillem Robinet

(Honor, 2001)

The Birchbark House

by Louise Erdrich

(Honor, 2000)

Hey, Little Ant

by Phillip Hoose, Hannah Hoose, illustrated by Debbie Tilley

(Honor, 1999)

Seedfolks

by Paul Fleischman and Judy Pedersen

(Honor, 1998)

Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman

by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by David Diaz

(Winner, 1997)

The Well

by Mildred D. Taylor

(Winner, 1996)

Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor

by Russell Freedman and Lewis Wickes Hine

(Winner, 1995)

The Little Fishes

by Erik Christian Haugaard

(Winner, 1968)

The Big Book for Peace

by Marilyn Sachs

(Winner, 1991)

Music, Music for Everyone

by Vera B. Williams

(Honor, 1985)

Natural History

by M.B. Goffstein

(Commended, 1980)

The Perilous Road

by William O. Steele

(Winner, 1958)

Every Little Bit Olive Tran

by Phuong Truong

(Finalist, 2026)

Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History

by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jerry Jordan

(Finalist, 2026)

The Black Mambas: The World’s First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit

by Kelly Crull

(Finalist, 2026)

Amil and the After

by Veera Hiranandani

(Finalist, 2025)

Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor

by Srividhya Venkat and Danica da Silva Pereira

(Finalist, 2025)

Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade

by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long, and Xia Gordon

(Finalist, 2025)

How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison

(Finalist, 2024)

A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington

by Carole Boston Weatherford, Rob Sanders, illustrated by Byron McCray

(Winner, 2024)

Because of You, John Lewis

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Keith Henry Brown

(Finalist, 2023)

Unsettled

by Reem Faruqi

(Finalist, 2022)

Rez Dogs

by Joseph Bruchac

(Honor, 2022)

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac

(Finalist, 2022)

Ophie’s Ghosts

by Justina Ireland

(Finalist, 2022)

The Teachers March!: How Selma’s Teachers Changed History

by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace, illustrated by Charly Palmer

(Finalist, 2020)

Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights

by Beth Anderson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis

(Finalist, 2020)

Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Laura Freeman

(Finalist, 2020)

Land of the Cranes

by Aida Salazar

(Honor, 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)

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

(Honor, 2016)

Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914

by John Hendrix

(Honor, 2015)

Sugar

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

(Winner, 2014)

Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World

by Sy Montgomery

(Honor, 2013)

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

by Kadir Nelson

(Honor, 2012)

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

(Honor, 2011)

Nicolas, Where Have You Been?

by Leo Lionni

(Honor, 1988)

Paul Robeson

by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by George Ford

(Winner, 1976)

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai

by Claire A. Nivola

(Winner, 2009)

Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom

by Tim Tingle, illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges

(Honor, 2007)

Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para sonar juntos

by Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Paula Barragan

(Honor, 2006)

¡Si, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.

by Diana Cohn, Paul Mirocha, illustrated by Francisco Delgado

(Honor, 2003)

The Village That Vanished

by Ann Grifalconi, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

(Honor, 2003)

Esperanza Rising

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

(Winner, 2001)

Through My Eyes

by Ruby Bridges and Margo Lundell

(Winner, 2000)

This Land is Your Land

by Woody Guthrie, illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen

(Honor, 1999)

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

by Ken Mochizuki, illustrated by Dom Lee

(Honor, 1998)

Growing Up in Coal Country

by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

(Winner, 1997)

The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963

by Christopher Paul Curtis

(Honor, 1996)

If I Had a Paka

by Charlotte Pomerantz, illustrated by Nancy Tafuri

(Honor, 1983)

Mrs. Katz and Tush

by Patricia Polacco

(Honor, 1993)

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

(Honor, 1990)

Rain of Fire

by Marion Dane Bauer

(Winner, 1984)

The Wheel of King Asoka

by Ashok Davar

(Commended, 1978)

Blue Mystery

by Margot Benary-Isbert

(Winner, 1957)

Stick-in-the-Mud: A Tale of a Village, a Custom & a Little Boy

by Jean Ketchum and Fred Ketchum

(Winner, 1954)