Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1953 -- promoting peace, social justice, world community, and equality
Sponsored by Jane Addams Peace Association
![Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/13.jpg)
- 5,582 Resources including
- 545 Videos
- 305 Book Readings
- 607 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 329 book results
![We Are Water Protectors](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250203554.jpg)
![Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73500_hi.jpg)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Honor, 2022)
69 Resources23 Awards
![Day You Begin, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0399246533.jpg)
![Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0316453692.jpg)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Finalist, 2020)
59 Resources12 Awards
![When Stars Are Scattered](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0525553908.jpg)
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Finalist, 2020)
58 Resources20 Awards
![Each Kindness](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0399246525.jpg)
![Esperanza Rising](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0613538072.jpg)
![Inside Out & Back Again](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0061962783.jpg)
![Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1419710540.jpg)
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Winner, 2015)
47 Resources16 Awards
![Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75918_hi.jpg)
![Night Diary, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0735228515.jpg)
![Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0544109414.jpg)
![Ghost Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0316262285.jpg)
![Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0385321759.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
(Finalist, 2022)
43 Resources10 Awards
![We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75628_hi.jpg)
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Finalist, 2022)
43 Resources10 Awards
![Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0152014373.jpg)
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales
(Winner, 2004)
42 Resources9 Awards
![Before She Was Harriet](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823420477.jpg)
![Wish in the Dark, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/69222_hi.jpg)
![Elijah of Buxton](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0439023440.jpg)
![Land of the Cranes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1338343807.jpg)
![I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/031642692X.jpg)
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, and Julia Kuo
(Finalist, 2023)
40 Resources8 Awards
![I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1481465597.jpg)
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
(Honor, 2017)
39 Resources11 Awards
![Piecing Me Together](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1681191059.jpg)
![King and the Dragonflies](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1338129333.jpg)
![Nina: A Story of Nina Simone](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1524737283.jpg)
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
by Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinson
(Finalist, 2022)
39 Resources14 Awards
![Seedfolks](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0060274719.jpg)
![Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0374313229.jpg)
![Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73887_hi.jpg)
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
(Finalist, 2022)
38 Resources10 Awards
![Black Is a Rainbow Color](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/67664_hi.jpg)
![Talk, The: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0593121619.jpg)
The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, and Torrey Maldonado
(Finalist, 2020)
37 Resources7 Awards
![Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0892392223.jpg)
The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Honor, 2009)
36 Resources11 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
(Honor, 2012)
36 Resources14 Awards
![Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0316167584.jpg)
Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Sonja Cherry-Paul, and Rachelle Baker
(Finalist, 2022)
36 Resources5 Awards
![Birchbark House, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0063064162.jpg)
![Surrender Tree, The: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0805086749.jpg)
![Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1250311209.jpg)
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, and Theodore Taylor, III
(Finalist, 2020)
35 Resources6 Awards
![Number the Stars](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0395510600.jpg)
![Long Walk to Water, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0547251270.jpg)
![We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0525580425.jpg)
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, and Tony Medina
(Honor, 2019)
33 Resources7 Awards
![Fighting Words](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1984815709.jpg)
![Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1423106350.jpg)
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
(Winner, 2002)
31 Resources6 Awards
![Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1467789038.jpg)
![Julián is a Mermaid](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0763690457.jpg)
![How to Find What You're Not Looking For](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/78075_hi.jpg)
![Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/82970_hi.jpg)
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington
(Winner, 2023)
31 Resources15 Awards