2012 Winners and Honors

"Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans,” written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

"Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom,” illustrated and written by Shane W. Evans, and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

“The Great Migration: Journey to the North” written by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

“Never Forgotten,” written by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, and published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

“Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans,” illustrated and written by Kadir Nelson, and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Ashley Bryan (Author/Illustrator)

Storyteller, artist, author, poet and musician.