Huge thanks to Fuse #8 for making me aware that the NAACP gives out literary awards, and even better, literary awards for books for youth.  Here are the books that won in 2014:

CHILDREN

Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson

 

YOUTH / TEEN

Courage Has No Color: the True Story of the Triple Nickles by Tanya Lee Stone

 

CHILDREN HONOR BOOKS

  

I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl! by Betty K. Bynum, illustrated by Claire Armstrong-Parod

Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty, illustrated by Bryan Collier

 

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Terry Widener

 

YOUTH / TEEN HONOR BOOKS

 

God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens by Romal Tune

Invasion by Walter Dean Myers

 

Raising the Bar by Gabrielle Douglas

Seraphina’s Promise by Anne E. Burg