Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 1994 -- recognizing outstanding books that promote an understanding of cultures, cultivate cooperation and/or encourage a deeper awareness of nature, ecology, and diversity
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2022)
69 Resources23 Awards

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
47 Resources16 Awards



Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
42 Resources14 Awards

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2022)
42 Resources9 Awards

Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
38 Resources11 Awards

The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2009)
36 Resources11 Awards

Mango, Abuela, and Me
by Meg Medina and Angela Dominguez
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
36 Resources7 Awards

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
by David Bowles
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2019)
36 Resources9 Awards



Fatty Legs: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and Liz Amini-Holmes
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2011)
31 Resources6 Awards

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2014)
31 Resources10 Awards


Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2012)
30 Resources6 Awards


Rickshaw Girl
by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2008)
27 Resources5 Awards

Visiting Day
by Jacqueline Woodson and James Ransome
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2003)
27 Resources2 Awards

Nana Akua Goes to School
by Tricia Elam Walker and April Harrison
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
27 Resources11 Awards


Never Forgotten
by Patricia C. McKissack, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2012)
26 Resources6 Awards

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices
by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale, and Inti Ameratsu
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2015)
26 Resources7 Awards

Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made it from the Dominican Republic All the Way to…
by Matt Tavares
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
26 Resources7 Awards

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart
by Zetta Elliott and Noa Denmon
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
25 Resources5 Awards

Tea Cakes for Tosh
by Kelly Starling Lyons and E.B. Lewis
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2013)
24 Resources3 Awards


The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2009)
23 Resources1 Awards

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2018)
23 Resources10 Awards

Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean
by Patricia Newman and Annie Crawley
(Ecology & Nature Honor, 2022)
23 Resources4 Awards

Save Me a Seat
by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2017)
22 Resources4 Awards

Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math
by Rajani LaRocca and Archana Sreenivasan
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
22 Resources3 Awards

Tomás and the Library Lady
by Pat Mora and Raúl Colón
(Multicultural and International Honor, 1998)
21 Resources4 Awards



Hear My Voice / Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2022)
21 Resources8 Awards

You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
20 Resources3 Awards

Black Boy, Black Boy
by Ali Kamanda, Jorge Redmond, and Ken Daley
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2023)
20 Resources5 Awards

Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
by Tim Tingle and Jeanne Rorex Bridges
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2007)
19 Resources7 Awards

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
(Bilingual Spanish/English Honor, 2006)
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2006)
19 Resources6 Awards

From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems / Del ombligo de la luna y otras poemas de verano
by Francisco X. Alarcon and Maya Christina Gonzalez
(Ecology & Nature Honor, 1999)
19 Resources3 Awards


Ruth and the Green Book
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2011)
19 Resources4 Awards

Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
by Andrea Cheng
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2014)
19 Resources5 Awards

As Fast as Words Could Fly
by Pamela M. Tuck and Eric Velasquez
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2014)
19 Resources1 Awards

Barbed Wire Baseball
by Marissa Moss and Yuko Shimizu
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2014)
19 Resources7 Awards

Twenty-Two Cents: The Story of Muhammad Yunus
by Paula Yoo and Jamel Akib
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2015)
19 Resources9 Awards
