The 1990s

*Volumes are located in the Lower Level of Willis Library

1999

Author Award Winner

Johnson, Angela. Heaven. Simon & Schuster.           

Juvenile JFic J64h

Honor Book

Grimes, Nikki. Jazmin's Notebook. Dial Books.

Hansen, Joyce and Gary McGowan. Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground. Henry Holt and Company.

Johnson, Angela. The Other Side: Shorter Poems. Orchard. Books

Illustrator Award Winner

Igus, Toyomi. I see the rhythm. Illustrated by Michele Wood. Children's Book Press.
         

Juvneile J780.89 W877i

Honor Books

Thomas, Joyce Carol. I Have Heard of a Land. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins.

Curtis, Gavin. The Bat Boy and His Violin. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Simon & Schuster.

Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Hyperion Books for Children.
         

Juvenile J781.65 E46p

1998

Author Award Winner

Draper, Sharon M. Forged by Fire.  Atheneum.
         

Juvenile JFic D766f

Honor Book

Haskins, James. Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement. Hyperion.
         

Juvenile J323 R971h

Hansen, Joyce. I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl. Scholastic, Inc.
         

Juvenile JFic H249i

Illustrator Award Winner

Schroeder, Alan. In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Lee & Low.
         

Juvenile J811.008 I35s

Honor Books

Bryan, Ashley. Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry.  Jean Karl/Atheneum.
          

 Juvenile J811 A826b

Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem: A Poem.  Illustrated by Christopher Myers. Scholastic.
         

Juvenile J811 M995h

Diakité, Baba Wagué. The Hunterman and the Crocodile. Scholastic .
         

Juvenile J398.2 D536h

1997

Author Award Winner

Myers, Walter Dean. Slam. Scholastic.
         

Juvenile JFic M995sl

Honor Book

McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L. Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts. Scholastic, Inc.

Illustrator Award Winner

Schroeder, Alan. Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Dial Books for Young Readers.
         

Juvenile J305.567 T885s

Honor Books

Adedjouma, Davida. The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children. Illustrated by Gregorie Christie. Lee & Low Books Inc.
         

Juvenile J811 P171a

Lauture, Denize. Running The Road To ABC. Illustrated by Reynold Ruffins. Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers.
         

Juvenile JE L389r

English, Karen. Neeny Coming, Neeny Going. Illustrated by Synthia Saint James. BridgeWater Books.
1996

Author Award Winner

Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories. Scholastic/Blue Sky Press.
         

Juvenile J398.2 H221h

Honor Books

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. Delacorte.
         

Juvenile JFic C978w

Williams-Garcia, Rita. Like Sisters on the Homefront. Delacorte.
         

Juvenile JFic W7282L

Woodson, Jacqueline. From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun. Scholastic/Blue Sky Press.
         

Juvenile JFic W898f

Illustrator Award Winner

Feelings, Tom. The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo. Dial Books for Young Readers.
          Willis Library  ND237.F32 A4 1995

Honor Books

Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Scholastic/Blue Sky Press.
         

Juvenile J398.2 H221h

San Souci, Robert The Faithful Friend. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
         

Juvenile J398.21 S229f

1995

Author Award Winner

McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L. Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters.  Scholastic, Inc.
         

Juvenile J975 M158c

Honor Books

Hansen, Joyce. The Captive. Scholastic.
         

Juvenile JFic H249c

Woodson, Jacqueline. I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This. Delacorte.
       

Juvenile JFic W898i

McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L. Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League.  Scholastic, Inc.
         

Juvneile J796.357 M158b

Illustrator Award Winner

Johnson, James Weldon. The Creation.  Illustrated by James Ransome. Holiday House.
         

Juvenile J811 C912j

Honor Books

Medearis, Angela Shelf. The Singing Man.  Illustrated by Terea Shaffer. Holiday House.
         

Juvenile J398.21 M488s

Grimes, Nikki. Meet Danitra Brown. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
         

Juvenile J811 G862m

1994

Author Award Winner

Johnson, Angela. Toning the Sweep. Orchard.
          

 Juvneile JFic J64t

Honor Books

Thomas, Joyce Carol. Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea. Illustrated by
Floyd Cooper. HarperCollins.
         

Juvenile J811 T458b

Myers, Walter Dean. Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary.  Scholastic.
         

Juvneile J921 L7786m

Illustrator Award Winner

Fogelman, Phyllis. Soul Looks Back in Wonder. Illustrated by Tom Feelings. Dial Books for Young Readers.
         

Juvenile J811 S722f

Honor Books

Mitchell, Margaree King. Uncle Jed's Barbershop. Illustrated by James Ransome. Simon & Schuster.
         

Juvneile JE M682u

1993

Author Award Winner

McKissack, Patricia A. Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural. Knopf.
         

Juvneile JFic M1587d

Honor Books

Walter, Mildred Pitts. Mississippi Challenge.  Bradbury.

McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? Scholastic.
          

 Juvenile J921 T874m

Myers, Walter Dean. Somewhere in the Darkness.  Scholastic.

Illustrator Award Winner

retold by David A. Anderson/SANKOFA. The Origin of Life on Earth: an African Creation Myth. Illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson. Sights.
         

Juvenile J398.21 A546o

Honor Books

Wahl, Jan. Little Eight John. Illustrated by Wil Clay. Lodestar.

San Souci, Robert. Sukey and the Mermaid. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Four Winds.

Williams, Sherley Anne. Working Cotton. Illustrated by Carole Byard. Harcourt  Juvenile JE W7256w 

1992

Author Award Winner

Myers, Walter Dean. Now is Your Time: the African American Struggle for Freedom.  HarperCollins.
         

Juvenile J973 M996n

Honor Book

Greenfield, Eloise. Night on Neighborhood Street. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Dial.

Illustrator Award Winner

Ringgold, Faith. Tar Beach. Crown.
          SciTech Reference  JE R581t
          Juveniel JE R581t 1996

Honor Books

Bryan, Ashley. All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals. Atheneum.

Greenfield, Eloise. Night on Neighborhood Street. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Dial.
1991

Author Award Winner

Taylor, Mildred D. The Road to Memphis.  Dial.
          Juvenile JFic T2446ro

Honor Books

Haskins, James. Black Dance in America. Crowell.
          Juvenile J792.8 H351b

Johnson, Angela. When I Am Old With You. Orchard.
          Juvenile JE J66w

Illustrator Award Winner

Price, Leontyne. Aida. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Harcourt.
           Juvneile J782.1 P945a

1990

Author Award Winner

McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L. A Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter.  Walker.
          Juvenile J331.88 M158L

Honor Books

Greenfield, Eloise. Nathaniel Talking. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Black Butterfly.
          Juvenile J808.81 G812n

Hamilton, Virginia. The Bells of Christmas. Harcourt.
          Juvenile JFic H221be

Patterson, Lillie. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement. Facts on File.
          Juvenile J323.4 P317m

Illustrator Award Winner

Greenfield, Eloise. Nathaniel Talking. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Black Butterfly.
          Juvenile J808.81 G812n

Honor Book

San Souci, Robert. The Talking Eggs. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Dial.
          Juvenile J392.2 S229t