NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children

This page lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in the children's literature category.

1990s

Year Book Author Ref
1996
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton Virginia Hamilton [1]
1999
Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color Patricia McKissack [2]

2000s

Year Work Author Ref
2000
If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks Faith Ringgold [3]
God Inside of Me Della Reese
Happy to Be Nappy Bell Hooks
The Day I Was Rich Bill Cosby
Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges
2001
Shades of Black Sandra Pinkney [4]
Dancing in the Wings Debbie Allen
Nikki Giovanni, Poet of the People Judith Pinkerton Josephson
Teens Can Make It Happen Stedman Graham
The Sound That Jazz Makes Carole Boston Weatherford
2002
Just the Two of Us Will Smith (writer) and Kadir Nelson (illustrator) [5]
2003
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales Nelson Mandela [6]
2004
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Christine King Farris [7]
The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Events that Shaped America) Sabrina Crewe and Frank Walsh
God Created Mark Bozzuti-Jones
Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story Romare Bearden
Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? Slade Morrison
2005
The 1963 Civil Rights March Scott Ingram [8]
African Princess: The Amazing Lives of Africa's Royal Women Joyce Hanson
Ellington Was Not a Street Ntozake Shange
Langston's Train Ride Robert Burleigh
Maya's World: Angelina of Italy Maya Angelou
2006
Girls Hold Up This World Jada Pinkett Smith [9]
I Can Make a Difference Marian Wright Edelman
The School Is Not White! A True Story of the Civil Rights Movement Doreen Rappaport
Honey Baby Sugar Child Alice Faye Duncan
Please, Puppy, Please Spike Lee
2007
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Carole Boston Weatherford [10]
Dear Mr. Rosenwald Carole Boston Weatherford
I Like You But I Love Me Common
Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round Doreen Rappaport
Whoopi's Big Book of Manners Whoopi Goldberg
2008
Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson Sue Stauffacher [11]
Friendship for Today Patricia McKissack
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis
Let It Shine Ashley Bryan
Young Pele Lesa Cline-Ransome
2009
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope Nikki Grimes [12]
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem Maya Angelou
Say a Little Prayer Dionne Warwick
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Kadir Nelson
You Can Do It! Tony Dungy
2010
Our Children Can Soar Michelle Cook [13]
The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes
Peeny Butter Fudge Toni Morrison
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble Whoopi Goldberg
Child of the Civil Rights Movement Paula Young Shelton

2010s

Year Work Author Ref
2011
My Brother Charlie Holly Robinson Peete [14]
Grandma’s Gift Eric Velasquez
Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya Donna Jo Napoli
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Monica Brown
The Great Migration: Journey to the North Eloise Greenfield
2012
You Can Be a Friend Tony Dungy [15]
Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band Kwame Alexander
Before There Was Mozart Lesa Cline-Ransome
Heart and Soul Kadir Nelson
White Water Michael S. Bandy
2013
What Color is My World Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [16]
Fifty Cents and a Dream Jabari Asim
Harlem's Little Blackbird Renee Watson
In the Land of Milk and Honey Joyce Carol Thomas
Indigo Blume and the Garden City Kwame Alexander
2014
Nelson Mandela Kadir Nelson [17]
I'm A Pretty Little Black Girl! Betty K. Bynum
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me Daniel Beaty
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song Andrea Davis Pinkney
You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! Jonah Winter
2015
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After Rachel Renee Russell, Nikki Russell, and Erin Russell [18]
Beautiful Moon Tonya Bolden
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone Katheryn Russell-Brown
Malcolm Little Ilyasah Shabazz
Searching for Sarah Rector Tonya Bolden
2016
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America Carole Boston Weatherford [19]
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts Nikki Grimes
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box Michael S. Bandy
If You Plant a Seed Kadir Nelson
New Shoes Susan Lynn Meyer
2017
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas Gwendolyn Hooks [20]
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day Andrea Davis Pinkney
Daddy’s Little Girl Karissa Culbreath
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Javaka Steptoe
The Golden Girls of Rio Nikkolas Smith
2018
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History Vashti Harrison [21]
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Before She Was Harriet Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee! Andrea J. Loney (Author), Keith Mallett (Illustrator)
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist Cynthia Levinson (Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
2019
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly (Author), Laura Freeman (Illustrator) [22]
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man Tonya Bolden
I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can't Diane Dillon
The 5 O'Clock Band Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
The Word Collector Peter H. Reynolds
2020
Sulwe Lupita Nyong'o (Author), Vashti Harrison (Illustrator) [23]
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation Barry Wittenstein (Author), Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Hair Love Matthew A. Cherry (Author), Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment Parker Curry (Author), Jessica Curry (Author), Brittany Jackson (Illustrator)
Ruby Finds a Worry Tom Percival


Multiple wins and nominations

References

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