1983 Winners and Honors
1983 Author Winner
"Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush,” written by Virginia Hamilton, and published by Amistad.
1983 Illustrator Winner
"Black Child,” photographed and written by Peter Magubane, and published by Knopf.
1983 Author Honor Titles
“This Strange New Feeling,” written by Julius Lester, and published by Dial.
1983 Illustrator Honor Titles
"All the Colors of the Race,” illustrated by John Steptoe, and published by Lothrop.
“I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals,” illustrated by Ashley Bryan, and published by Atheneum.
“Just Us Women,” illustrated by Pat Cummings, written by Jeanette Caines, and published by Harper.
