2013 Winners and Honors

"Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America,” written by Andrea Davis Pinkney, and published by Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group.

"I, Too, Am America” illustrated by Bryan Collier, and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

“Each Kindness,” written by Jacqueline Woodson, illusrated by E.B. Lewis, and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.

“No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller,” written by Vaunda Michaeux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, and published by Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

“Ellen's Broom,” illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons, and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.

“H.O.R.S.E,” illustrated and written by Christopher Myers, and published by Egmont USA.

“I Have A Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr.,” illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Martin Luther King, Jr., and published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Demertia Tucker (Practitioner)

Demetria Tucker, Family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System