NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children explained

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in the children's literature category.

Winners and finalists

1990s

Award winners and finalists, 1996, 1999
YearBookAuthorIllustratorResult
1996Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales Winner[1]
1999Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color and Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. Winner[2]

2000s

Award winners and finalists, 2000-2009[3]
YearBookAuthorIllustratorResult
2000If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa ParksWinner
God Inside of MeFinalist
Happy to Be Nappy
Through My Eyes
2001Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children (photos)Winner
Dancing in the WingsFinalist
Nikki Giovanni: Poet of the People
Teens Can Make It Happen
2002Just the Two of UsWinner[4]
2003Nelson Mandela's Favorite African FolktalesWinner[5]
2004My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Winner
The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Events that Shaped America) and Frank WalshFinalist
God Created
Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story
Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?
2005Winner
African Princess: The Amazing Lives of Africa's Royal WomenFinalist
Ellington Was Not a Street
Langston's Train Ride
Maya's World: Angelina of Italy
2006Girls Hold Up This World (photos)Winner
I Can Make a DifferenceFinalist
Honey Baby Sugar Child
Please, Puppy, Please and Tonya Lewis Lee
2007Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to FreedomWinner[6]
Dear Mr. RosenwaldFinalist[7]
I Like You But I Love MeCommon
Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round
Whoopi's Big Book of MannersOlo
2008Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea GibsonWinner[8]
Friendship for TodayFinalist[9]
Elijah of Buxton
Let It Shine
Young Pele
2009Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of HopeWinner
Amazing Peace: A Christmas PoemFinalist[10]
Say a Little Prayer, David Freeman Wooley, and Tonya Bolden
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
You Can Do It!

2010s

Award winners and finalists, 2010-2019
YearBookAuthorIllustratorResult
2010Our Children Can SoarWinner[11]
Finalist[12]
Peeny Butter Fudge
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble
Child of the Civil Rights Movement and Raul Colon
2011My Brother CharlieHolly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth PeeteWinner[13]
Grandma’s GiftFinalist
Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez
2012You Can Be a FriendWinner[14]
Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard BandFinalist
Before There Was Mozart
Heart and Soul
White Water and Eric Stein
2013What Color is My World, with Raymond Obstfeld and Ben BoosWinner[15]
Fifty Cents and a DreamFinalist
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
In the Land of Milk and Honey
Indigo Blume and the Garden City
2014Nelson MandelaWinner[16]
I'm A Pretty Little Black Girl!Finalist
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song
You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!
2015Dork Diaries

Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After

Winner[17]
Beautiful Moon: A Child's PrayerFinalist
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X
Searching for Sarah Rector
2016Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White AmericaWinner[18] [19]
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical FactsFinalist
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box and Eric Stein
If You Plant a Seed
New Shoes
2017Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien ThomasWinner[20]
and Lou FancherFinalist
Daddy’s Little Girl
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black HistoryWinner[21]
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the CourtFinalist
Before She Was Harriet
Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!
2019Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space RaceWinner[22]
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American ManFinalist
I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can't
Peter H. Reynolds

2020s

Award winners and finalists, 2020-present
YearBookAuthorIllustratorResult
2020SulweWinner[23]
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a NationFinalist
Hair Love
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment and Jessica Curry
Ruby Finds a Worry
2021She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley ChisholmWinner[24] [25]
I PromiseFinalist[26]
Just Like a Mama
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver
2022Stacey’s Extraordinary WordsWinner[27] [28] [29]
Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our LegacyFinalist[30]
Change Sings
Time for Bed, Old House
When Langston Dances
2023Stacey’s Remarkable Books Winner[31] [32]
Black GoldFinalist[33]
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
2024Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the DiasporaWinner[34]
Finalist[35]
I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots
Is This Love?
Like Lava In My Veins

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Outstanding Literary Work, Children's Awards:

WinsAuthor
2Carole Boston Weatherford
2Vashti Harrison

The following individuals received two or more Outstanding Literary Work, Children's nominations:

NominationsAuthor
4Kadir Nelson
Carole Boston Weatherford
3Nikki Grimes
Vashti Harrison
2Kwame Alexander
Maya Angelou
Michael S. Bandy
Tonya Bolden
Alice Faye Duncan
Tony Dungy
Whoopi Goldberg
Patricia McKissack
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Doreen Rappaport
Katheryn Russell-Brown

Notes and References

  1. News: 1996 Image Awards . April 8, 1996 . . July 14, 2016 . September 12, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150912085248/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-04-08/entertainment/ca-56035_1_image-awards . live .
  2. Web site: YEAR NAACP Image Awards Winners for Recording, Television & Motion Picture . 2024-06-10 . Info Please . en . February 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240223125821/https://www.infoplease.com/awards/film/1999-naacp-image-awards . live .
  3. Web site: All NAACP Image Award Winning and Honored Books for Since 1970 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230909013141/https://aalbc.com/books/naacp-list.php . September 9, 2023 . 2024-06-08 . . en.
  4. Web site: 2002 Image Award Winners . Infoplease . May 11, 2016 . June 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603095303/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0900802.html . live .
  5. Web site: 2003 Image Award Winners . Infoplease . May 11, 2016 . March 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160317050601/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907880.html . live .
  6. Web site: Sneider . Jeff . 2007-01-09 . NAACP announces nominees . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219225813/https://variety.com/2007/biz/awards/naacp-announces-nominees-1117957008/ . 2022-12-19 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2006 Image Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194756/http://aalbc.com/reviews/38th_naacp_image_awards.htm . March 4, 2016 . June 24, 2016 . AALBC.
  8. Web site: McCarthy . Libby . Peters . Derek . 2008-02-15 . ‘Debaters’ dominates Image Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231225033453/https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/debaters-dominates-image-awards-1117980967/ . 2023-12-25 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2008-01-08 . The 39th NAACP Image Award Nominations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230408142801/https://variety.com/2008/biz/awards/the-39th-naacp-image-award-nominations-1117978663/ . 2023-04-08 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: Hite . N'neka . 2009-02-13 . ‘Bees’ big at NAACP Image Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725042640/https://variety.com/2009/biz/awards/bees-big-at-naacp-image-awards-1118000120/ . 2019-07-25 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2010-03-02 . Awards: Indies Choice Finalists; NAACP Image Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230223214118/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1127 . 2023-02-23 . 2024-06-10 . Shelf Awareness.
  12. Web site: Engelbrektson . Lisa . 2010-01-06 . ‘Precious’ tops NAACP nominations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190822064709/https://variety.com/2010/biz/awards/precious-tops-naacp-nominations-1118013381/ . 2019-08-22 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2011-03-07 . Awards: NAACP Image Awards; Arthur C. Clarke Shortlist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231123042530/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1408 . 2023-11-23 . 2024-06-10 . Shelf Awareness.
  14. Web site: Allin . Olivia . 2012 Image Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160106204213/http://abc7.com/archive/8548831/ . January 6, 2016 . May 10, 2016 . ABC7.
  15. Web site: 2013 Image Award Winners . Couch . Aaron . February 1, 2013 . . May 11, 2016 . February 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130203205102/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-winners-announced-417553 . live .
  16. Web site: 2014 Image Winners . Couch . Aaron . Washington . Arlene . February 22, 2014 . . May 11, 2016 . March 13, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313195908/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-winners-682585 . live .
  17. Web site: 2015 Image Winners . Washington . Arlene . February 6, 2015 . . May 11, 2016 . April 27, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160427142348/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-2015-winners-771018 . live .
  18. Web site: 6 February 2016 . 2016 Image Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160227131516/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/naacp-awards-winners-list-image-creed-queen-latifah-1201698809/ . 27 February 2016 . May 10, 2016 . Variety.
  19. Web site: 2016-02-09 . Awards: NAACP Image Literature; Arabic Fiction . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001220229/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=860#m6194 . 2017-10-01 . 2024-06-10 . Shelf Awareness.
  20. Web site: 2017 Image Award Winners . Washington . Arlene . Lewis . Hilary . February 10, 2017 . . February 21, 2017 . February 21, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170221110337/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-naacp-image-award-winners-televised-966471/item/outstanding-actor-a-motion-picture-955946 . live .
  21. Web site: 14 January 2018 . NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners . 2020-06-10 . . en . January 15, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180115095441/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-naacp-image-award-winners-complete-list-1064208 . live .
  22. Web site: 30 March 2019 . NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List . 2020-06-10 . . en . January 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210119190841/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-naacp-image-awards-winners-complete-list-1191277 . live .
  23. Web site: Schaffstall . Katherine . Howard . Annie . 22 February 2020 . NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200223025246/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-naacp-image-award-winners-complete-list-updating-1276771 . 2020-02-23 . 2024-06-10 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  24. Web site: Bosselman . Haley . NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List . . April 6, 2021 . March 28, 2021 . April 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412143639/https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/2021-naacp-image-awards-winners-list-1234939378/ . live .
  25. Web site: Jackson . Angelique . 2021-03-25 . Chadwick Boseman, ‘Black-ish’ and ‘Insecure’ Win Big at Final Night of Non-Televised NAACP Image Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210323011409/https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/2021-naacp-image-award-non-televised-winners-1234936136/ . 2021-03-23 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  26. Web site: Carras . Christi . 2021-02-02 . Netflix, HBO and Beyoncé lead 2021 NAACP Image Award nominations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210228135340/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-02-02/naacp-image-awards-2021-nominees-nominations-full-list . 2021-02-28 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  27. Web site: NAACP Image Awards - Outstanding Literary Work . 2024-06-08 . . en . July 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230720202106/https://aalbc.com/books/image-award-winning-books.php . live .
  28. Web site: Brathwaite . Lester Fabian . 2022-02-27 . Angela Bassett, Will Smith, and Meghan Markle among 2022 NAACP Image Award winners: See full list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309094212/https://ew.com/awards/2022-naacp-image-awards-full-list-winners/ . 2022-03-09 . 2024-06-10 . . en.
  29. Web site: McBride . Carrie . 2023-02-23 . Read the 2022 NAACP Literary Image Award Winners . 2024-06-09 . . en . December 19, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219220930/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/02/23/naacp-image-awards-literary-booklist . live .
  30. Web site: Spivey . Kemberlie . 2022-01-20 . 2022 NAACP Image Awards Nominations: The Full List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220119025807/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kemberliespivey/2022/01/18/2022-naacp-image-awards-nominations-the-full-list/ . 2022-01-19 . 2024-06-10 . . en.
  31. Web site: McBride . Carrie . 2023-02-27 . Read the 2023 NAACP Literary Image Award Winners . 2024-06-09 . . en . March 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326080923/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/27/read-2023-naacp-literary-image-award-winners . live .
  32. Web site: Tinoco . Armando . Hipes . Patrick . 2023-02-26 . Angela Bassett “Did The Thing” & Is Crowned As Entertainer Of The Year At NAACP Image Awards – Complete Winners List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221030411/https://deadline.com/2023/02/naacp-image-awards-2023-complete-winners-list-1235265968/ . 2023-02-21 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  33. Web site: Lewis . Hilary . 2023-01-12 . NAACP Image Awards 2023: ‘Wakanda Forever,’ ‘The Woman King’ Among Top Film Nominees . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230123024208/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/naacp-image-awards-2023-nominations-list-nominees-1235297888/ . 2023-01-23 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  34. Web site: Hipes . Patrick . Tinoco . Armando . 2024-03-17 . NAACP Image Awards Winners List: ‘The Color Purple’ Tops Night As Usher Takes Entertainer Of The Year Trophy . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240327143857/https://deadline.com/2024/03/2024-naacp-image-awards-winners-1235854560/ . 2024-03-27 . 2024-06-10 . . en-US.
  35. Web site: Jackson . Angelique . 25 January 2024 . Colman Domingo, Ayo Edebiri, Victoria Monét and Usher Lead NAACP Image Award Nominations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506200309/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/naacp-image-award-nominations-2024-1235887287/ . 2024-05-06 . 2024-06-10 . Variety.

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