The History of We

by Nikkolas Smith

(Finalist, 2026)

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

by Caroline McAlister and Jamie Green

(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)

Dear You, Dream Big!

by Baptiste Paul and Toni D. Chambers

(Finalist, 2025)

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

by Maysa Odeh and Aliaa Betawi

(Honor, 2025)

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

by Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov

(Honor, 2023)

Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge

by Ray Anthony Shepard and Keith Mallett

(Honor, 2022)

The Day War Came

by Nicola Davies and Rebecca Cobb

(Honor, 2019)

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley

(Honor, 2017)

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

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie

(Honor, 2016)

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

by Elizabeth Suneby and Suana Verelst

(Honor, 2014)

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families

by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore

(Winner, 2012)

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

by Linda Glaser and Claire A. Nivola

(Winner, 2011)

Night Boat to Freedom

by Margot Theis Raven and E.B. Lewis

(Honor, 2007)

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing

by James Rumford

(Honor, 2005)

Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam

by Walter Dean Myers and Ann Grifalconi

(Winner, 2003)

When Sophie Gets Angry…Really, Really Angry

by Molly Bang

(Honor, 2000)

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 and David Diaz

(Winner, 1997)

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)

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

by Anita Yasuda and Yuko Shimizu

(Finalist, 2025)

The House Before Falling Into the Sea

by Ann Suk Wang and Hanna Cha

(Finalist, 2025)

The Artivist

by Nikkolas Smith

(Honor, 2024)

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

by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington

(Winner, 2023)

We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade

(Winner, 2021)

Julián is a Mermaid

by Jessica Love

(Honor, 2019)

The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial

by Susan E. Goodman and E.B. Lewis

(Honor, 2017)

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

by Duncan Tonatiuh

(Winner, 2015)

We March

by Shane W. Evans

(Honor, 2013)

Ruth and the Green Book

by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper

(Honor, 2011)

You and Me and Home Sweet Home

by George Ella Lyon and Stephanie Anderson

(Honor, 2010)

Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom

by Tim Tingle and Jeanne Rorex Bridges

(Honor, 2007)

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

by James Haskins and Benny Andrews

(Winner, 2006)

The Heaven Shop

by Deborah Ellis

(Honor, 2005)

The Village That Vanished

by Ann Grifalconi and Kadir Nelson

(Honor, 2003)

Molly Bannaky

by Alice McGill and Chris K. Soentpiet

(Winner, 2000)

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

by Ken Mochizuki and Dom Lee

(Honor, 1998)

Sitti’s Secrets

by Naomi Shihab Nye and Nancy Carpenter

(Winner, 1995)

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

by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jerry Jordan

(Finalist, 2026)

Faith Takes the Train

by Kesi Augustine and Mokshini

(Finalist, 2026)

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

by Srividhya Venkat and Danica da Silva Pereira

(Finalist, 2025)

They Call Me Teach

by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome

(Winner, 2025)

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

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Alex Bostic

(Honor, 2025)

Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader

by Michelle Duster and Laura Freeman

(Honor, 2023)

Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret

by Jess Keating and Katie Hickey

(Honor, 2021)

Malala’s Magic Pencil

by Malala Yousafzai and Kerascoët

(Winner, 2018)

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

by Jonah Winter and Shane W. Evans

(Honor, 2016)

The Whispering Town

by Jennifer Elvgren and Fabio Santomauro

(Honor, 2015)

Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers

by Sarah Warren and Robert Casilla

(Honor, 2013)

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

by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

(Honor, 2011)

The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos

by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre

(Honor, 2009)

Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para sonar juntos

by Francisco X. Alarcón and Paula Barragan

(Honor, 2006)

With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote

by Ann Bausum

(Winner, 2005)

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

by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier

(Winner, 2002)

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

by Deborah Hopkinson and Raúl Colón

(Honor, 2000)

I See the Rhythm

by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood

(Honor, 1999)

Bein’ with You This Way

by W. Nikola-Lisa and Michael Bryant

(Honor, 1995)

The Sacred Stone Camp

by Rae Rose and Aly McKnight

(Finalist, 2026)

Brave

by Weshoyot Alvitre

(Finalist, 2026)

The Last Stand

by Antwan Eady, Jerome Pumphrey, and Jarrett Pumphrey

(Finalist, 2025)

Freedom Braids

by Monique Duncan and Oboh Moses

(Finalist, 2025)

That Flag

by Tameka Fryer Brown and Nikkolas Smith

(Honor, 2024)

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper

(Honor, 2022)

Black Is a Rainbow Color

by Angela Joy and Ekua Holmes

(Honor, 2021)

Before She Was Harriet

by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome

(Honor, 2018)

Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation

by Edwidge Danticat and Leslie Staub

(Honor, 2016)

Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914

by John Hendrix

(Honor, 2015)

We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song

by Debbie Levy and Vanessa Brantley-Newton

(Honor, 2014)

Each Kindness

by Jacqueline Woodson and E.B. Lewis

(Winner, 2013)

Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

by Jeanette Winter

(Winner, 2010)

Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad

by James Rumford

(Honor, 2009)

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

by Amy Lee-Tai and Felicia Hoshino

(Winner, 2007)

Hot Day on Abbott Avenue

by Karen English and Javaka Steptoe

(Honor, 2005)

Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

by Deborah Hopkinson and Terry Widener

(Honor, 2004)

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

by Diana Cohn, Paul Mirocha, and Francisco Delgado

(Honor, 2003)

Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart

by Vera B. Williams

(Honor, 2002)

Hey, Little Ant

by Phillip Hoose, Hannah Hoose, and Debbie Tilley

(Honor, 1999)

This Land Is My Land

by George Littlechild

(Winner, 1994)

How Sweet the Sound

by Kwame Alexander and Charly Palmer

(Finalist, 2026)

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

by Kelly Crull

(Finalist, 2026)

I Heard: An American Journey

by Jaha Nailah Avery and Steffi Walthall

(Finalist, 2025)

Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park

by María Dolores Águila and Magdalena Mora

(Finalist, 2025)

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

by Carole Boston Weatherford, Rob Sanders, and Byron McCray

(Winner, 2024)

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

by Alicia D. Williams and April Harrison

(Winner, 2022)

The Day You Begin

by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López

(Winner, 2019)

Steamboat School

by Deborah Hopkinson and Ron Husband

(Winner, 2017)

New Shoes

by Susan Lynn Meyer and Eric Velasquez

(Winner, 2016)

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

by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet

(Winner, 2014)

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

by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Bettye Stroud, and John Holyfield

(Honor, 2012)

Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride

by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

(Honor, 2010)

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai

by Claire A. Nivola

(Winner, 2009)

Selavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope

by Youme Landowne

(Winner, 2005)

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales

(Winner, 2004)

The Composition

by Antonio Skarmeta and Alfonso Ruano

(Winner, 2001)

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

by Carmen Agra Deedy and Henri Sorensen

(Honor, 2001)

This Land is Your Land

by Woody Guthrie and Kathy Jakobsen

(Honor, 1999)

The Day Gogo Went to Vote

by Elinor Batezat Sisulu and Sharon Wilson

(Honor, 1997)