2011 Winners and Honors

"One Crazy Summer,” written by Rita Williams-Garcia, and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

"Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave,” illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill, and published by Little, Brown, and COmpany, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

“Lockdown” written by Walter Dean Myers, and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

“Ninth Ward,” written by Jewell Parker Rhodes, and published by Little,Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

“Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty” written by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke, and published by Lee & Low Books, Inc.

“Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix,” illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, written by Gary Golio, and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

“Zora and Me,” written by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon, and published by Candlewick Press.

“Seeds of Change,” illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler, written by Jen Cullerton Johnson, and published by Lee & Low Books, Inc.

Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith (Practitioner)

Professor emerita at the University of South Florida, Tampa, School of Library and Information Science