1998 Winners and Honors

"Forged by Fire,” written by Sharon M. Draper, and published by Atheneum.

"In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers,” illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, written by Alan Schroeder, and published by Lee & Low.

“Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement,” written by James Haskins, and published by Hyperion.

“Harlem,” written by Joyce Hansen, and published by Scholastic.

“Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry,” illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan, and published by Jean Karl/Atheneum

“Harlem,” illustrated by Christopher Myers, written by Walter Dean Myers, and published by Scholastic.

“The Hunterman and the Crocodile,” illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité, and published by Scholastic.