Original Art Medal, 2002-2023
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2002 -- showcasing illustrations from the year’s best children’s books published in the U.S.
Sponsored by Society of Illustrators
![Original Art Medal, 2002-2023](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/202.png)
- 1,195 Resources including
- 107 Videos
- 51 Book Readings
- 89 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 77 book results
![Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0763665312.jpg)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Silver Winner, 2015)
47 Resources16 Awards
![I Want My Hat Back](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763655988.jpg)
![People's Painter, The: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1419741306.jpg)
The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
by Cynthia Y. Levinson and Evan Turk
(Silver Winner, 2021)
43 Resources10 Awards
![Dark, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0316187488.jpg)
![Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0805098763.jpg)
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Silver Winner, 2017)
38 Resources8 Awards
![Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0061730742.jpg)
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson
(Silver Winner, 2011)
36 Resources14 Awards
![We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0786808322.jpg)
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
(Gold Winner, 2009)
34 Resources11 Awards
![Small in the City](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0823442616.jpg)
![World Belonged to Us, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0399545492.jpg)
The World Belonged to Us
by Jacqueline Woodson and Leo Espinosa
(Gold Winner, 2022)
33 Resources11 Awards
![Julián is a Mermaid](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0763690457.jpg)
![Night Gardener, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1481439782.jpg)
![R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1534452281.jpg)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
(Silver Winner, 2020)
28 Resources5 Awards
![Henry's Freedom Box](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/043977733X.jpg)
![Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/141695046X.jpg)
![Ellington Was Not a Street](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0689828845.jpg)
Ellington Was Not a Street
by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
(Gold Winner, 2005)
26 Resources8 Awards
![Grandpa Green](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1596436077.jpg)
![Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1524771880.jpg)
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
by Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki
(New Talent Winner, 2019)
25 Resources8 Awards
![Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1512410144.jpg)
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
by Chris Barton and Victo Ngai
(New Talent Winner, 2017)
24 Resources7 Awards
![When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1534404139.jpg)
When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
by Michael Mahin and Jose Ramirez
(Gold Winner, 2018)
23 Resources8 Awards
![Roots of Rap, The: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1499804113.jpg)
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
(Silver Winner, 2019)
23 Resources5 Awards
![Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1484725980.jpg)
Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War
by Debbie Levy and Gilbert Ford
(Silver Winner, 2017)
22 Resources3 Awards
![Vast Wonder of the World, The: Biologist Ernest Everett Just](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1512483753.jpg)
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
by Mélina Mangal and Luisa Uribe
(New Talent Winner, 2018)
22 Resources4 Awards
![Michael Rosen's Sad Book](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0763625973.jpg)
Michael Rosen's Sad Book
by Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake
(Silver Winner, 2005)
21 Resources5 Awards
![Beetle Book, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0547680848.jpg)
![Oh No!, or How My Science Project Destroyed the World](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1423123123.jpg)
Oh No!, or How My Science Project Destroyed the World
by Mac Barnett and Dan Santat
(Silver Winner, 2010)
20 Resources1 Awards
![Quiet Book, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0547215673.jpg)
![Harlem Hellfighters](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1568462468.jpg)
![Before Morning](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0547979177.jpg)
![Barbed Wire Baseball](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1419705210.jpg)
Barbed Wire Baseball
by Marissa Moss and Yuko Shimizu
(New Talent Winner, 2013)
19 Resources7 Awards
![Great Zapfino, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1534411542.jpg)
![Talk, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/84259_hi.jpg)
The Talk
by Alicia D. Williams and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
(Silver Winner, 2022)
17 Resources9 Awards
![Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1426308698.jpg)
![Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1984847635.jpg)
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
by Louisa Jaggar, Shari Becker, and Floyd Cooper
(Silver Winner, 2021)
16 Resources4 Awards
![Little Elliot, Big City](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0805098259.jpg)
![My Best Friend](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1534427228.jpg)
![Wildwood Imperium](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0062024744.jpg)
![Bear and the Moon, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1452171912.jpg)
![Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1547606517.jpg)
Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home
by Zahra Marwan
(New Talent Winner, 2022)
12 Resources5 Awards
![Hondo and Fabian](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0805063528.jpg)
![Mary Smith](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0374348421.jpg)
![On a Magical Do-Nothing Day](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0062657607.jpg)
![Jabberwocky: The Classic Poem from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1423103726.jpg)
Jabberwocky: The Classic Poem from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
by Lewis Carroll and Christopher Myers
(Silver Winner, 2007)
10 Resources1 Awards
![As Night Falls: Creatures That Go Wild After Dark](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0593374290.jpg)
As Night Falls: Creatures That Go Wild After Dark
by Donna Jo Napoli and Felicita Sala
(Gold Winner, 2023)
10 Resources3 Awards
![Mama: A True Story, in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami…](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0152054952.jpg)
Mama: A True Story, in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami…
(Silver Winner, 2006)
9 Resources4 Awards
![Stop Snoring, Bernard!](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0805090029.jpg)
![Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0385378432.jpg)
Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph
by Lucy Margaret Rozier and Leo Espinosa
(New Talent Winner, 2015)
8 Resources2 Awards