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The 2000s
*Volumes are located in the Lower Level of Willis Library
2010
Author Award Winner
Micheaux, Vaunda, “Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal,” illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, Carolrhoda Books
Illustrator Award Winner
Langston, Hughes ,“My People,” illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr., ginee seo books
Juvenile J811 H893my
Author Honor Book
Davis, Tanita S., “Mare’s War”, Alfred A. Knopf,
Illustrator Honor Book
Hughes Langston ,“The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” illustrated by E. B. Lewis, Disney - Jump at the Sun Books.
Juvenile J811 H893my
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Magoon , Kekla “The Rock and the River,” publisher Aladdin,
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Walter Dean Myers
2009
Author Award Winner
Nelson, Kadir, We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball written and illustrated (published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group) Juvenile J796.357 N428we
Illustrator Award Winner
Cooper, Floyd, The Blacker the Berry (published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) Willis Fourth Floor PZ3.T4258 B17 Juvenile J811 T458bL
Author Honor Books
Smith, Hope Anita. Keeping the Night Watch (published by Henry Holt and Company)
Thomas, Joyce Carol, The Blacker the Berry (published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
Weatherford, Carole Boston, Becoming Billie Holiday published by Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc)
Juvenile JFic W361be
Illustrator Honor Books
Nelson, Kadir, We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball written and illustrated (published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group ) Juvenile J796.357 N428we
Pinkley, Jerry, The Moon Over Star illus. (published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
Qualls, Sean, Before John Was a Jazz Giant illus. (published by Henry Holt and Company)
2008
Author Award Winner
Curtis, Christopher Paul, Elijah of Buxton (published by Scholastic) Juvenile JFic C978e
Illustrator Award Winner
Byran, Ashley, Let it Shine written and illusrated (published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Author Honor Books
Draper, Sharon M., November Blues (published by Atheneum Books for Young Adults)
Smith, Jr., Charles R., Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali (published by Candlewick Press)
Illustrator Honor Books
The Secret Olivia Told Me illus. by Nancy Devard, written by N. Joy (published by Just Us Books)
Jazz On A Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillon (published by Scholastic Blue Sky Press)
2007
Author Award Winner
Draper, Sharon, Copper Sun (published by Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Juvenile JFic D766co
Illustrator Award Winner
Weatherford, Carole Boston, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illus. by Kadir Nelson, (published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children)
Juvenile J973.7115 W362m
Author Honor Books
Grimes, Nikki, The Road to Paris (published by G.P. Putnum’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
Illustrator Honor Books
Jazz illus. by Christopher Myers, written by Walter Dean Myers (published by Holiday House, Inc.)
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes illus. by Benny Andrews, edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad (published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.)
2006
Author Award Winner
Lester, Julius, Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue. Published by Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children.
Illustrator Award Winner
Bryan Collier. Rosa by Nikki Giovanni. Published by Henry Holt and Company.
New Talent Award-Author
Jaime Adoff. Jimi & Me. Published by Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children.
Juvenile
Author Honor Books
Tonya Bolden. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl.
published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers.
Juvenile
Grimes. Nikki ,Dark Sons. Published by Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children.
Juvenile JFic G862d
Nelson. Marilyn, A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illustrated byPhilippe Lardy. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Illustrator Honor Books
Christie. R. Gregory,Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Published by Lee and Low Books.
2005
Author Award Winner
Morrison, Toni. Remember: The Journey to School Integration. Houghton and Mifflin Company, 2004.
Willis Library LC214.2 .M67 2004
Honor Books
Moses, Shelia P. The Legend of Buddy Bush. Simon and Schuster, 2004.
Juvenile
Flake, Sharon G. Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion for Children, 2004.
Juvenile JFic F576w
Nelson, Marilyn. Fortune's Bones : The Manumission Requiem. Front Street, 2004.
Juvenile
Illustrator Award Winner
Kadir, Nelson A., illustrator. Ellington Was Not a Street. By Ntozake Shange, Simon & Schuster, 2004.
Juvenile
Honor Books
Pinkney, Jerry, illustrator. God Bless the Child. By Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr., Amistad, 2004.
Juvenile
Dillon, Leo and Diane. The People Could Fly: The Picture Book. By Virginia Hamilton, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
2004
Author Award Winner
Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Juvenile JFic J64fi
Honor Books
McKissack, Patricia and Frederick L. Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States. Scholastic, 2003.
Juvenile J973.7 M158d
Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion. G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Young Readers Group, 2003.
Juvenile J811 W898L
Draper, Sharon M. The Battle of Jericho. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Juvenile JFic D766b
Illustrator Award Winner
Bryan, Ashley. Beautiful Blackbird. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Juvenile J398.2 B915b
Honor Books
Bootman, Colin. Almost to Freedom. Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Group, 2003.
Nelson, Kadir. Thunder Rose. Silver Whistle/Harcourt, 2003.
Juvenile
2003
Author Award Winner
Grimes, Nikki. Bronx Masquerade. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2001.
Juvenile JFic G862b
Honor Books
Woods, Brenda. The Red Rose Box. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
Juvenile JFic W894r
Grimes, Nikki. Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman. Scholastic, 2002.
Juvenile J629.13 G862t
Illustrator Award Winner
Lewis, E.B. Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman. Scholastic, 2002.
Juvenile J629.13 G862t
Honor Books
Dillon, Leo and Diane. Rap A Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles--Think of That. Blue Sky Press, Scholastic, 2002.
Juvenile JE D579r
Collier, Bryan. Visiting Langston. Henry Holt, 2002.
Juvenile J811 L285p
2002
Author Award Winner
Taylor, Mildred D. The Land. Fogelman Books/Penguin Putnam, 2001.
Juvenile JFic T2446La
Honor Books
Flake, Sharon G. Money-Hungry. Sun/Hyperion, 2001.
Juvenile JFic F576m
Nelson, Marilyn. Carver: a Life in Poems. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, 2001.
Juvenile J811 N428c
Illustrator Award Winner
Goin' Someplace Special. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Doreen Rappoport, Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum, 2001.
Juvenile JE M158g
Honor book
Martin's Big Words. Illustrated by Bryan Collier, text by Doreen Rappoport. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books, 2001.
Juvenile J323 R221m
2001
Author Award Winner
Woodson, Jacqueline. Miracle's Boys. G.P. Putnam's Sons
Juvneile JFic W898m
Honor Books
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters. ill. by Stephen Alcorn. Gulliver Books, Harcourt
Juvenile
Illustrator Award Winner
Collier, Bryan. Uptown. Henry Holt
Juvenile
Honor Books
Collier, Bryan. Freedom River. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion
Juvenile J973.7 R221f
Rockwell, Anne. Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Random House
Juvenile
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Simon & Schuster
Juvenile
2000
Author Award Winner
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. Delacorte.
Juvenile JFic C978b
Honor Books
English, Karen. Francie. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Juvenile
McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L. Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers. Scholastic Press.
Juveniel J639.2 M158b
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. HarperCollins.
Juvenile JFic M995mon
Illustrator Award Winner
Siegelson, Kim L. In the Time of the Drums. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children.
Juvenile JFic S5715i
Honor Books
Mollel, Tololwa M. My Rows and Piles of Coins. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Clarion Books.
Juvenile
Myers, Christopher. Black Cat. Scholastic .
Juvneile JE M9948b
