2014 Winners and Honors

"P.S. Be Eleven,” written by Rita Williams-Garcia, and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

"Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me,” illustrated by Bryan Collier and published by Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group.

"March: Book One,” written by Jason Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell and published by Top Shelf Productions.

“Darius & Twig,” written by Walter Dean Myers, and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher.

“Words with Wings,” written by Nikki Grimes, and published by WordSong, an imprint of Highlights.

“Nelson Mandela,” illustrated and written by Kadir Nelson, and published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers.

“When The Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop,” illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, written by Laban Carrick Hill and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

Patricia and Frederick McKissack (Author/Illustrator)