"Title","Author","ISBN","Award Year","Recognition" "All That It Ever Meant","Musariri, Blessing","132403095X","2024","Winner" "Egyptian Lullaby","Pliska, Zeena M.","1250222494","2024","Winner" "Flipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean","Lodding, Linda Ravin","1506486401","2024","Honor" "Flying Up the Mountain","Baitie, Elizabeth-Irene","1324052678","2024","Honor" "Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself","Edinger, Monica","1728464072","2024","Winner" "Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging","Adjepong, Eric","0593385942","2024","Honor" "Taste of Home, The","Jalloh, Aminata","","2024","Honor" "Akie & Ebuka Got into Trouble","Ezekwudo, Uzoma (Uzo) Rita","1957416017","2023","Honor" "All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa","Conyngham, Richard","1946395633","2023","Honor" "Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui","Goldberg, Alison","1620149664","2023","Winner" "Children of the Quicksands","Traoré, Efua","1338781928","2023","Honor" "How You Grow Wings","Onoseta, Rimma","1643751913","2023","Honor" "Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions","Turere, Richard","0884488853","2023","Winner" "On My Papa's Shoulders","Daly, Niki","1946395684","2023","Honor" "Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun","Okogwu, Tọlá","1665912618","2023","Winner" "Door of No Return, The","Alexander, Kwame","0316441864","2023","Winner" "Kaya Girl, The","Wolo, Mamle","0316703931","2023","Honor" "African Proverbs for All Ages","Cole, Johnnetta Betsch","1250756065","2022","Honor" "Crossing the Stream","Baitie, Elizabeth-Irene","1324017090","2022","Honor" "Home Is Not a Country","Elhillo, Safia","0593177053","2022","Winner" "Imbila’s Tale","Mnyandu, Desaray","9781736525241","2022","Commended" "Kwame Nkrumah Midnight Speech for Independence","Perkins, Useni Eugene","0940975866","2022","Winner" "Listen, Layla","Abdel-Magied, Yassmin","1760896063","2022","Honor" "Osasu and the Great Wall of the Benin Empire","Adun, Tamkara","908317820X","2022","Commended" "Skin of the Sea","Bowen, Natasha","0593120949","2022","Honor" "Sugar Town Queens","Nunn, Malla","0525515607","2022","Honor" "Too Small Tola","Atinuke","1536211273","2022","Commended" "Arabic Quilt, The: An Immigrant Story","Khalil, Aya","0884487547","2021","Honor" "Idia of the Benin Kingdom","Aire, Ekiuwa","1777117909","2021","Winner" "Nana Akua Goes to School","Walker, Tricia Elam","0525581138","2021","Winner" "Raybearer","Ifueko, Jordan","1419739824","2021","Winner" "Talking Baobab Tree, The","LaTeef, Nelda","9988860382","2021","Honor" "When Stars Are Scattered","Jamieson, Victoria","0525553908","2021","Honor" "Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family","Zunon, Elizabeth","1681196409","2020","Honor" "Hector: A Boy, a Protest, and the Photograph That Changed Apartheid","Wright, Adrienne","1624146910","2020","Winner" "Songs in the Shade of the Cashew and Coconut Trees: Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes from West Africa and the Caribbean","Soussana, Nathalie","2924774535","2020","Honor" "Sulwe","Nyong'o, Lupita","1534425365","2020","Honor" "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky","Mbalia, Kwame","1368039936","2020","Winner" "War Girls","Onyebuchi, Tochi","0451481674","2020","Honor" "Animal Village","LaTeef, Nelda","9789988647469","2019","Honor" "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood","Noah, Trevor","0399588175","2019","Winner" "Children of Blood and Bone","Adeyemi, Tomi","1250170974","2019","Winner" "Grandad Mandela","Mandela, Ambassador Zindzi","1786031361","2019","Honor" "Mama's Amazing Cover Cloth","Goka, Ruby Yayra","","2019","Honor" "Mirage","Daud, Somaiya","1250126428","2019","Honor" "Shaka Rising: A Legend of the Warrior Prince","Molver, Luke","1946498998","2019","Honor" "Sing to the Moon","Isdahl, Nansubuga Nagadya","1911373390","2019","Winner" "Akata Warrior","Okorafor, Nnedi","067078561X","2018","Honor" "Baby Goes to Market","Atinuke","076369570X","2018","Winner" "Behold the Dreamers","Mbue, Imbolo","0812998480","2018","Winner" "Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song","Erskine, Kathryn","0374303010","2018","Winner" "One Shadow on the Wall","Henderson, Leah","1481462954","2018","Commended" "Sleep Well, Siba and Saba","Isdahl, Nansubuga Nagadya","1911373099","2018","Honor" "Soldier Boy","Hutton, Keely","0374305633","2018","Commended" "Solo","Alexander, Kwame","0310761832","2018","Honor" "Wooden Camel, The","Kahiu, Wanuri","1911373129","2018","Honor" "When Morning Comes","Raina, Arushi","1926890140","2018","Winner" "Aluta","Badoe, Adwoa","1554988160","2017","Honor" "Amagama Enkululeko! Words for Freedom","Equal Education","1928346359","2017","Winner" "Gizo-Gizo!: A Tale from the Zongo Lagoon","Williamson, Emily","9789988860325","2017","Winner" "Bitter Side of Sweet, The","Sullivan, Tara","0399173072","2017","Honor" "Boy Who Spat in Sargrenti's Eye, The","Herbstein, Manu","9988233043","2017","Honor" "Storyteller, The","Turk, Evan","1481435183","2017","Winner" "World Beneath, The","Warman, Janice","0763678562","2017","Commended" "Black Dove, White Raven","Wein, Elizabeth","0385681860","2016","Winner" "Chicken in the Kitchen","Okorafor, Nnedi","0993225306","2016","Winner" "Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus!","Atinuke","1610673670","2016","Honor" "Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah","Thompson, Laurie Ann","044981744X","2016","Commended" "May I Have This Dance","Ngcaba, Connie Manse","0992201799","2016","Honor" "Nana and Me","Knowles, Kathy","1928093027","2016","Honor" "One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia","Paul, Miranda","1467716081","2016","Commended" "Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees","Prévot, Franck","158089626X","2016","Winner" "Who Is King?: Ten Magical Stories from Africa","Naidoo, Beverley","1847805140","2016","Winner" "Red Pencil, The","Pinkney, Andrea Davis","0316247804","2015","Winner" "Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad","Edinger, Monica","0763650382","2014","Winner" "Bundle of Secrets: Savita Returns Home","Kirmani, Mubina Hassanali","1484165845","2014","Winner" "Desmond and the Very Mean Word","Tutu, Desmond","0763652296","2014","Winner" "Once Upon a Time in Ghana: Traditional Ewe Stories Retold in English","Cottrell, Anna","9964701535","2014","Winner" "Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History","Getz, Trevor R.","0199844399","2013","Winner" "Far from Home","Robert, Na'ima B.","1847800068","2013","Winner" "Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books","Abouraya, Karen Leggett","0803737475","2013","Winner" "Ostrich and Lark","Nelson, Marilyn","1590787021","2013","Winner" "Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation), The","Kamkwamba, William","0803735111","2013","Winner" "Matatu, The","Walters, Eric","1554693012","2013","Winner" "When I Get Older: The Story Behind 'Wavin' Flag'","K'Naan","1770493026","2013","Winner" "Stones for My Father","Kent, Trilby","1770492526","2012","Winner" "Street Level: Drawings and Creative Writing Inspired by the Cultural and Architectural Heritage of Dar Es Salaam","Markes, Sarah","9987081177","2012","Honor" "Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace","Johnson, Jen Cullerton","160060367X","2011","Winner" "Burn My Heart","Naidoo, Beverley","0061432970","2010","Honor" "Nelson Mandela: The Authorized Comic Book","The Nelson Mandela Foundation","0393070824","2010","Winner" "Pharaoh's Boat","Weitzman, David","054705341X","2010","Winner" "Trouble in Timbuktu","Kessler, Cristina","0399244514","2010","Honor" "One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference","Milway, Katie Smith","1554530288","2009","Winner" "Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai","Nivola, Claire A.","0374399182","2009","Honor" "Butter Man, The","Alalou, Elizabeth","1580891276","2009","Honor" "Aya","Abouet, Marguerite","1894937902","2008","Winner" "Ikenna Goes to Nigeria","Onyefulu, Ifeoma","1845075854","2008","Winner" "Long Way Gone, A: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier","Beah, Ishmael","0374105235","2008","Honor" "Rise of the Golden Cobra","Aubin, Henry T.","1554510600","2008","Honor" "Wiil Waal","Moriarty, Kathleen","193101616X","2008","Honor" "I Lost My Tooth in Africa","Diakité, Penda","0439662265","2007","Winner" "My Father's Shop","Ichikawa, Satomi","1929132999","2007","Honor" "Illustrator's Notebook, The","Ellabbad, Mohieddine","0888997000","2007","Winner" "Empires of Medieval West Africa","Conrad, David C.","0816055629","2006","Honor" "How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt","Bower, Tamara","0689844344","2006","Winner" "Ancient Kushites, The","Sonneborn, Liz","0531168476","2006","Honor" "Mzungu Boy, The","Mwangi, Meja","0888996535","2006","Winner" "Old African, The","Lester, Julius","0803725647","2006","Honor" "Chanda's Secrets","Stratton, Allan","155037835X","2005","Winner" "Circle Unbroken: The Story of a Basket and Its People","Raven, Margot Theis","0374312893","2005","Honor" "Here Comes Our Bride!: An African Wedding Story","Onyefulu, Ifeoma","184507047X","2005","Winner" "Talking Drums: A Selection of Poems from Africa South of the Sahara","Tadjo, Veronique","1582348138","2005","Honor" "Heaven Shop, The","Ellis, Deborah","1550419080","2005","Honor" "Babu's Song","Bodeen, S.A.","1584300582","2004","Winner" "Once Upon a Time","Daly, Niki","0374356335","2004","Honor" "Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope","Naidoo, Beverley","0060507993","2004","Winner" "Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot","Kurtz, Jane","158485829X","2004","Honor" "Magic Gourd, The","Diakité, Baba Wagué","0439439604","2004","Honor" "Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students","Middleton, John","0684806541","2003","Winner" "Fatuma's New Cloth","Bulion, Leslie","0967792975","2003","Winner" "Silly Mammo: An Ethiopian Tale","Yohannes, Gebregeorgis","188370104X","2003","Honor" "Sosu's Call","Asare, Meshack","1929132212","2003","Honor" "Beatrice's Goat","McBrier, Page","0689824602","2002","Honor" "Bikes for Rent!","Olaleye, Isaac","0531302903","2002","Honor" "Gugu's House","Stock, Catherine","0618003894","2002","Honor" "What's Cooking, Jamela?","Daly, Niki","0374356025","2002","Winner" "Africa Is Not a Country","Knight, Margy Burns","0761316477","2001","Winner" "Kings and Queens of West Africa","Diouf, Sylviane A.","0531203751","2001","Winner" "My Great-Grandmother's Gourd","Kessler, Cristina","0531302849","2001","Honor" "Subira Subira","Mollel, Tololwa M.","0618689265","2001","Honor" "Jamela's Dress","Daly, Niki","0374336679","2000","Honor" "My Rows and Piles of Coins","Mollel, Tololwa M.","0395751861","2000","Winner" "Vacation in the Village","Njeng, Pierre Yves","1563977680","2000","Honor" "Halala Means Welcome","Wilson-Max, Ken","0786804149","1999","Honor" "Master Weaver from Ghana","Ahiagble, Gilbert","094088061X","1999","Winner" "No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa","McKee, Tim","0789425246","1999","Honor" "Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia","Paye, Won-Ldy","155591344X","1999","Winner" "No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa","Naidoo, Beverley","0060275057","1998","Winner" "Only a Pigeon","Kurtz, Jane","0689800770","1998","Winner" "Day Gogo Went to Vote, The","Sisulu, Elinor Batezat","0613228375","1997","Winner" "Big Boy","Mollel, Tololwa M.","0395674034","1996","Honor" "Boundless Grace","Hoffman, Mary","0803717156","1996","Honor" "Middle Passage, The: White Ships/Black Cargo","Feelings, Tom","0803718047","1996","Winner" "New King, The","Rappaport, Doreen","0803714602","1996","Winner" "It Takes a Village","Cowen-Fletcher, Jane","0590465732","1995","Winner" "Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, The: Life in Medieval Africa","McKissack, Patricia C.","0805016708","1995","Honor" "Captive, The","Hansen, Joyce","0590416251","1995","Winner" "Sundiata: Lion King of Mali","Wisniewski, David","0395764815","1993","Winner" "Apartheid: Calibrations of Color","McSharry, Patra","0823913309","1992","Honor" "Origin of Life on Earth, The: An African Creation Myth","Anderson, David A.","0962997854","1992","Winner"