LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD goes to Demetria Tucker (librarian!)

 

ILLUSTRATOR AWARD – All are favorites of mine for the year!

HONOR BOOKS

Christopher Myers for H.O.R.S.E.

Daniel Minter for Ellen’s Broom

Kadir Nelson for I Have a Dream (YESSS! Though I thought it would win!)

WINNER

Brian Collier for I, Too Am America  (HOORAAAAAH! A wonderful pick!)

 

AUTHOR AWARD

HONOR BOOKS

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson (YEAH!!!)

No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

WINNER

Hand in Hand by Andrea Davis Pinkney