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Winners 2007

Mohieddin Ellabbad, The Illustrator's Notebook

Penda and Baba Wague Diakite, I Lost my Tooth in Africa

Honor Books 2007

Satomi Ichikawa, My Father's Shop

Winners 2006

Meja Mwangi (2005) , Mzungu Boy

Tamara Bower (2005), How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt

Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney (2005), The Old African

Honor Books 2006

David Conrad (2005), Empires of Medieval West Africa

Liz Sonneborn (2005), The Ancient Kushites

Winners 2005

Ifeoma Onyefulu, (2004) Here Comes Our Bride! London: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West.

Allan Stratton, (2004) Chanda's Secrets. Toronto & Buffalo, N.Y.: Annick Press.

Honor Books 2005

Margot Theis Raven & E. B. Lewis (illus.) (2004) Circle Unbroken: the Story of a Basket and its People. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Deborah Ellis, (2004) The Heaven Shop. Allston, MA: Fitzhenry & Whiteside.

Veronique Tadjo, (2004) Talking Drums New York: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books.

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Winners 2004

Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen and Aaron Boyd (illus.), (2003) Babu's Son. New York: Lee &Low Books.

Beverley Naidoo, (2003) Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict & Hope. New York: HarperCollins.

Honor Books 2004

Niki Daly, (2003) Once Upon a Time. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Baba Wague Diakite, (2003)The Magic Gourd. New York: Scholastic, Inc.

Jane Kurtz, (2003) Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot. Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Company.

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Winners 2003

Bulion, L., & Tadgell, N. (2002) Fatuma’s New Cloth. North Kingstown, RI: Moon Mountain. 

Honor Books 2003

Asare, M. (2002) Sosu's Call. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Books.

Yohannes, G. (2002) Silly Mammo. Oakland. CA: African Sun Publishing. (il. Bogale Belachew).

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Winners 2002

Daly, N. (2001) What's Cooking, Jamela. New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.

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Winners 2001

Knight, M. B., & Melnicove, M. (2000) Africa is Not a Country. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press. (il. Anne Sibley O'Brien).

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Winners 2000

Mollel, T. (1999). My Rows and Piles of Coins. New York: Clarion Books.

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Winners 1999

Ahiagble, G., Meyer, L., & Hernandez, N. (1998). Master Weaver from Ghana. Seattle, WA: Open Hand Publishing.

Paye, W. & Lippert, M.H. (1998). Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing. (il. Ashley Bryan).

Honor Books 1999

Wilson-Max, K. (1998). Halala Means Welcome: A Book of Zulu Words. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

McKee, T. & Blackhaw, A. (1998). No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa. New York: DK Ink Book.

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Winners 1998

Naidoo, B. (1997). No Turning Back: a Novel of South Africa. New York: HarperCollins.

Kurtz, Jane & Christopher. (1997). Only a Pigeon. New York: Simon & Schuster. (il. E.B. Lewis)

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Winner 1997

Sisulu, E. (1996). The Day Gogo Went to Vote. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. (il. Sharon Wilson)

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Winners 1996

Feelings, T. (1995). Middle Passage. New York: Dial.

Rappaport, D. (1995). The New King. New York: Dial. (il. E.B. Lewis)

Honor Books 1996

Hoffman, M. (1995). Boundless Grace New York: Dial. (il. Caroline Binch)

Mollel, T. (1995). Big Boy. New York: Clarion. (il. E.B. Lewis)

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Winners 1995

Hansen, J. (1994). The Captive. New York: Scholastic.

Cowen-Fletcher, J. (1994). It Takes a Village. New York: Scholastic.

Honor Books 1995

McKissack, P. & F. (1994). The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. New York: Henry Holt.

Rupert, J. (1994). The African Mask. New York: Clarion Books.

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1994

No award given.

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Winners 1993

Wisniewski, D. (1992). Sundiata: Lion king of Mali. New York: Clarion Books.

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Winners 1992

Anderson, D. (1991). The Origin of Life on Earth: An African creation myth. Philadelphia: Sights Production. (il. Kathleen Atkins)

Honor Books 1992

Rosen Publishers (1991). Apartheid: Calibrations of Color. New York, NY: Rosen Publishers.

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1991

No award given. This was the first year of the award process.

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Members of the award committees:

1999 Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Barbara Brown, Patricia Kuntz, Prosper Godonoo, Sarah Manyika

1998: Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Barbara Brown, Prosper Godonoo, Patricia Kuntz, Harriet Schiffer]

1997: Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Barbara Brown, Patricia Kuntz, Lesego Malepe, Harriet Schiffer, Jo Sullivan]

1996: Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Maureen Eke, Lesego Malepe, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Harriet Schiffer, Jo Sullivan, Gretchen Walsh]

1995: Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Barbara Brown, Maureen Eke, Harriet Schiffer, Lesego Malepe, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Jo Sullivan]

1994: Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Ndinzi Masagara, Robert Hamilton, Mareen Eke, Roberta Logan, Nancy Schmidt, Lyn Miller-Lachmann]

1993: Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Maureen Eke, Robert Hamilton, Ndinzi Masagara, Nancy Schmidt]

1992: Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Ruby Bell-Gam, Marueen Eke, Robert Hamilton, Ndinzi Masagara, Salah Hassan]

1991: Committee - Brenda Randolph, Ch. [Anne Adams, Maureen Eke, Marueen Ellsworth, Robert Hamilton, Ndinzi Masagara, Razia Nanji]

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