2024 Winners and Honors

"Nigeria Jones,” written by Ibi Zoboi, and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

"An American Story,” illustrated by Dare Coulter, written by Kwame Alexander, and published by Little, Brown and Co., a division of Hachette Book, Inc.

“Big,” written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison and published by Little, Brown and Co., a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

“How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee,” written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison and published by Candlewick Press.

“Kin: Rooted in Hope,” written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.

“Big,” written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison and published by Little, Brown and Co., a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

“Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes,” illustrated by Shannon Wright, written by Traci N. Todd and published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

“There Was a Party for Langston,” illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarret Pumphrey, written by Jason Reynolds and published by Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

“There Goes the Neighborhood,” written by Jade Adia and published by Hyperion, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc.

“We Could Fly,” illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu, written by Rhiannon Giddens, and published by Candlewick Press.