Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 1995 -- recognizing books that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways
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Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
by Irene Latham, Charles Waters, Selina Alko, and Sean Qualls
(Commended, 2019)
58 Resources2 Awards


Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Commended, 2016)
54 Resources15 Awards







We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Commended, 2019)
49 Resources13 Awards


Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Commended, 2018)
48 Resources12 Awards






Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo and K.G. Campbell
(Commended, 2014)
44 Resources9 Awards

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Commended, 2015)
44 Resources16 Awards


The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Commended, 2015)
43 Resources14 Awards


Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Commended, 2016)
42 Resources12 Awards


March Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
(Commended, 2017)
42 Resources14 Awards



Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds and Alexander Nabaum
(Commended, 2020)
42 Resources10 Awards






Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Commended, 2020)
41 Resources12 Awards

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales
(Commended, 2004)
39 Resources9 Awards

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Commended, 2016)
39 Resources15 Awards