The 1990s
*Volumes are located in the Lower Level of Willis Library
1999
Author Award Winner
Johnson, Angela. Heaven. Simon & Schuster.
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.
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.
1998
Author Award Winner
Draper, Sharon M. Forged by Fire. Atheneum.
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.
Illustrator Award Winner
Schroeder, Alan. In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Lee & Low.
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 .
1997
Author Award Winner
Myers, Walter Dean. Slam. Scholastic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1995
Author Award Winner
McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L. Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. Scholastic, Inc.
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.
Illustrator Award Winner
Johnson, James Weldon. The Creation. Illustrated by James Ransome. Holiday House.
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.
1994
Author Award Winner
Johnson, Angela. Toning the Sweep. Orchard.
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.
Illustrator Award Winner
Fogelman, Phyllis. Soul Looks Back in Wonder. Illustrated by Tom Feelings. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Honor Books
Mitchell, Margaree King. Uncle Jed's Barbershop. Illustrated by James Ransome. Simon & Schuster.
1993
Author Award Winner
McKissack, Patricia A. Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural. Knopf.
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.
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.
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