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The '''Josette Frank Award''' is an American annual children's literary award for fiction that "honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally".<ref name=awards/>
'''The''' '''Josette Frank Award''' is an American children's literary award for fiction given annually by the Children's Book Committee at [[Bank Street College of Education]]. It "honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally".<ref name=awards/>


Known as the '''Children's Book Award''' from 1943 to 1997, it was renamed in honor of [[Josette Frank]], the editor of many anthologies for children and a former Executive Director of the Child Study Association of America.<ref name=awards/><ref>{{cite web |title=Josette Frank Award |url=http://guides.library.unk.edu/c.php?g=510618&p=3726061 |publisher=[[University of Nebraska at Kearney]] |accessdate=2018-11-06 }}</ref>
Known as the '''Children's Book Award''' from 1943 to 1997, it was renamed in honor of [[Josette Frank]], the editor of many anthologies for children and a former Executive Director of the Child Study Association of America.<ref name=awards/><ref>{{cite web |title=Josette Frank Award |url=http://guides.library.unk.edu/c.php?g=510618&p=3726061 |publisher=[[University of Nebraska at Kearney]] |accessdate=2018-11-06 }}</ref> The prize to the author of the book has been provided by the Florence L. Miller Memorial Fund.

The award is given annually by the Children's Book Committee at [[Bank Street College of Education]]. The prize to the author of the book has been provided by the Florence L. Miller Memorial Fund.
The Josette Frank Award is one of several prominent awards that the Children's Book Committee gives each year. The Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, established in 1994, is presented to "a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people." The Claudia Lewis Award, given for the first time in 1998, honors the best poetry book of the year. The Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award, is a biennial award, presented to published or adapted board books, will be presented in 2023 with books published in 2021-2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hare |first=Peter |title=Awards |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/awards/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Bank Street College of Education |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Winners==
==Winners==
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!Award Year
!Award Year
!Award Distinction
!Award Distinction
!Book Title
!Book Title (Year Published)
!Author
!Author
!Illustrator
!Illustrator
!Publisher
!Publisher
|-
|-
| rowspan="67" |Children's Book Award
| rowspan="67" |Children's Book Award
|1943
|1943
|
|
|''Keystone Kids''
|''Keystone Kids'' (1943)
|{{sortname|John R. |Tunis}}
|{{sortname|John R. |Tunis}}
|
|
|[[Harcourt (publisher)|Harcourt Brace]]
|
|-
|-
|1944
|1944
|
|
|{{sort|House|''The House''}}
|{{sort|House|''The House''}} (1944)
|{{sortname|Marjorie|Hill Allee}}
|{{sortname|Marjorie|Hill Allee}}
|Helen Blair
|
|[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin]]
|
|-
|-
|1945
|1945
|
|
|{{sort|Moved-Outers|''[[The Moved-Outers]]''}}
|{{sort|Moved-Outers|''[[The Moved-Outers]]''}} (1945)
|{{sortname|Florence Cranell |Means}}
|[[Florence Crannell Means|Florence Cranell Means]]
|
|
|
|[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin]]
|-
|-
|1946
|1946
|
|
|''Heart of Danger''
|''Heart of Danger'' (1946)
|{{sortname|Howard|Pease}}
|{{sortname|Howard|Pease}}
|
|
|[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
|
|-
|-
|1947
|1947
|
|
|''Judy's Journey''
|''Judy's Journey'' (1947)
|{{sortname|Lois|Lenski}}
|{{sortname|Lois|Lenski}}
|
|
|[[J. B. Lippincott & Co.]]
|
|-
|-
|1948
|1948
|
|
|{{sort|Big Wave|''[[The Big Wave]]''}}
|{{sort|Big Wave|''[[The Big Wave]]''}} (1948)
|{{sortname|Pearl S. |Buck}}
|{{sortname|Pearl S. |Buck}}
|[[Hiroshige|Utagawa Hiroshige]] and [[Hokusai|Katsushika Hokusai]]
|
|[[John Day Company]]
|
|-
|-
|1949
|1949
|
|
|''Paul Tiber: Forester''
|''Paul Tiber: Forester'' (1949)
|{{sortname|Maria|Gleit}}
|Maria Gleit
|Ralph Ray
|
|[[Charles Scribner's Sons]]
|
|-
|-
|1950
|1950
|
|
|''Partners: The United Nations and Youth''
|''Partners: The United Nations and Youth'' (1950)
|{{sortname|Eleanor|Roosevelt}} and Helen Ferris
|{{sortname|Eleanor|Roosevelt}} and Helen Ferris
|
|
|[[Junior Library Guild|Junior Literary Guild]]/[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
|
|-
|-
|1951
|1951
| colspan="5" |''No Award''
|
|
|''No Award''
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1952
| rowspan="2" |1952
|
|
|''Jareb''
|''Jareb'' (1952)
|{{sortname|Miriam|Powell}}
|Miriam Powell
|[[Marc Simont]]
|
|[[Thomas Y. Crowell Co.|Thomas Y. Crowell]]
|
|-
|-
|
|
|''Twenty and Ten'' (1952); later republished with minor edits as ''The Secret Cave'' (1969, 1973 [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twenty and Ten (1952) – A Beastiary of Books |url=https://beastiaryofbooks.sites.ucsc.edu/2018/07/13/twenty-and-ten-1952-claire-huchet-bishop-slightly-edited-and-reissued-as-the-secret-cave/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=beastiaryofbooks.sites.ucsc.edu}}</ref>
|''Twenty and Ten''
|{{sortname|Claire Huchet |Bishop}}
|{{sortname|Claire Huchet |Bishop}}
|[[William Pène du Bois]]
|
|[[Puffin Books|Puffin]]
|
|-
|-
|1953
|1953
|
|
|''In a Mirror''
|''In a Mirror'' (1953)
|{{sortname|Mary|Stolz}}
|{{sortname|Mary|Stolz}}
|
|
|[[HarperCollins|Harper]]
|
|-
|-
|1954
| rowspan="2" |1954
|
|
|''High Road Home''
|''High Road Home'' (1954)
|{{sortname|William|Corbin|William Corbin (author)}}
|{{sortname|William|Corbin|William Corbin (author)}}
|
|
|[[G. P. Putnam's Sons|Coward-McCann]]/[[Junior Library Guild|Junior Literary Guild]]
|
|-
|-
|1954
|
|{{sort|Ordeal of the Young Hunter|''The Ordeal of the Young Hunter''}}
|{{sortname|Jonreed|Lauritzen}}
|
|
|
|''The Ordeal of the Young Hunter'' (1954)
|Jonreed Lauritzen
|Hoke Denetsosie
|[[Little, Brown and Company]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1955
| rowspan="2" |1955
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|{{sort|House of Sixty Fathers|''[[The House of Sixty Fathers]]''}}
|{{sort|House of Sixty Fathers|''[[The House of Sixty Fathers]]''}}
|{{sortname|Meindert|DeJong}}
|{{sortname|Meindert|DeJong}}
|[[Maurice Sendak]]
|
|[[Harper (publisher)|Harper & Row]]
|
|-
|-
|1957
|1957
|
|
|''Shadow Across the Campus''
|''Shadow Across the Campus''
|{{sortname|Helen R. |Sattley}}
|Helen Roney Sattley
|
|
|
|[[Dodd, Mead & Co.|Dodd Mead]]
|-
|-
|1958
|1958
|
|
|''South Town''
|''South Town''
|{{sortname|Lorenz|Graham}}
|Lorenz Graham
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|''Janine''
|''Janine''
|{{sortname|Robin|McKown}}
|[[Robin McKown]]
|
|
|
|Messner
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1961
| rowspan="2" |1961
|Winner
|
|{{sort|Road to Agra|''[[The Road to Agra]]''}} (translated from Norwegian by Evelyn Ramsden)
|{{sortname|Aimee|Sommerfelt}}
|[[Ulf Aas]]
|Criterion
|-
|Special Citation
|{{sort|Girl From Puerto Rico|''The Girl From Puerto Rico''}}
|{{sort|Girl From Puerto Rico|''The Girl From Puerto Rico''}}
|[[Hila Colman]]
|{{sortname|Hila|Colman}}
|
|
|-
|
|{{sort|Road to Agra|''[[The Road to Agra]]''}}
|{{sortname|Aimee|Sommerfelt}}
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|{{sort|Trouble With Terry|''The Trouble With Terry''}}
|{{sort|Trouble With Terry|''The Trouble With Terry''}}
|{{sortname|John|Lexau}}
|John Lexau
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1963
| rowspan="2" |1963
|Winner
|
|{{sort|Peaceable Revolution|''The Peaceable Revolution''}}
|{{sort|Peaceable Revolution|''The Peaceable Revolution''}}
|{{sortname|Betty|Schechter}}
|Betty Schechter
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
|Special Citation
|
|{{sort|Rock and the Willow|''The Rock and the Willow''}}
|{{sort|Rock and the Willow|''The Rock and the Willow''}}
|{{sortname|Mildred|Lee}}
|Mildred Lee
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|{{sort|High Pasture|''The High Pasture''}}
|{{sort|High Pasture|''The High Pasture''}}
|Ruth Peabody Harnden
|{{sortname|Ruth|Harnden}}
|[[Vee Guthrie]]
|
|
|
|-
|-
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|Winner
|Winner
|''What It's All About (translated from Russian by Joseph Barnes)''
|''What It's All About (translated from Russian by Joseph Barnes)''
|{{sortname|Vadim|Frolov}}
|Vadim Frolic
|
|
|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
|-
|-
|Special Citation
|Special Citation
|Where's Daddy? A Story about Divorce
|''Where's Daddy? A Story about Divorce''
|Beth Goff
|Beth Goff
|Susan Perl
|Susan Perl
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|
|
|{{sort|Empty Moat|''The Empty Moat''}}
|{{sort|Empty Moat|''The Empty Moat''}}
|{{sortname|Margaretha|Shemin}}
|Margaretha Shemin
|
|
|
|[[Coward-McCann]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1970
| rowspan="2" |1970
|
|
|''Migrant Girl''
|''Migrant Girl''
|{{sortname|Carli|Laklan}}
|Carli Laklan
|
|
|
|
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|Winner
|Winner
|''John Henry McCoy''
|''John Henry McCoy''
|{{sortname|Lillie D. |Chaffin}}
|Lillie D. Chaffin
|Emanuel Schongut
|Emanuel Schongut
|
|
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|
|
|{{sort|Garden is Doing Fine|''The Garden is Doing Fine''}}
|{{sort|Garden is Doing Fine|''The Garden is Doing Fine''}}
|{{sortname|Carol|Farley}}
|Carol Farley
|Lynn Sweat
|Lynn Sweat
|
|
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|1976
|1976
|
|
|''[[Somebody Else's Child (book)|Somebody Else's Child]]''
|''Somebody Else's Child''
|{{sortname|Roberta|Silman}}
|Roberta Silman
|Chris Conover
|Chris Conover
|
|
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|
|
|{{sort|Whipman is Watching|''The Whipman is Watching''}}
|{{sort|Whipman is Watching|''The Whipman is Watching''}}
|{{sortname|T.A.|Dyer}}
|T.A. Dyer
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|{{sort|Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind|''A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind''}}
|{{sort|Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind|''A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind''}}
|{{sortname|Athena|Lord}}
|Athena Lord
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|''Secret City, USA''
|''Secret City, USA''
|{{sortname|Felice|Holman}}
|Felice Holman
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|''Shadow Boy''
|''Shadow Boy''
|{{sortname|Susan E. |Kirby}}
|Susan E. Kirby
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|''Earthshine''
|''Earthshine''
|{{sortname|Theresa|Nelson}}
|Theresa Nelson
|
|
|
|
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|Winner
|Winner
|''Music from a Place Called Half Moon''
|''Music from a Place Called Half Moon''
|{{sortname|Jerrie|Oughton}}
|Jerrie Oughton
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|{{sort|Cuckoo's Child|''The Cuckoo's Child''}}
|{{sort|Cuckoo's Child|''The Cuckoo's Child''}}
|{{sortname|Suzanne|Freeman}}
|Suzanne Freeman
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="31" |Josette Frank Award
| rowspan="32" |Josette Frank Award
|1997
|1997
|
|
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|
|
|''Figuring Out Frances''
|''Figuring Out Frances''
|{{sortname|Gina|Willner-Pardo}}
|Gina Willner-Pardo
|
|
|
|
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|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
| rowspan="2" |2003
|Winner
|Winnr
|''[[Goddess of Yesterday]]''
|''[[Goddess of Yesterday]]''
|{{sortname|Caroline B. |Cooney}}
|{{sortname|Caroline B. |Cooney}}
|
|''Jericho Walls''
|
|{{sortname|Kristi|Collier}}
|-
|-
|Special Citation
|Special Citation
|''Jericho Walls''
|''Jericho Walls''
|{{sortname|Kristi|Collier}}
|Kristi Collier
|
|
|
|
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|Special Citation
|Special Citation
|{{sort|Manny Files|''[[The Manny Files]]''}}
|{{sort|Manny Files|''[[The Manny Files]]''}}
|{{sortname|Christian|Burch}}
|Christian Burch
|
|
|
|
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|2011
|2011
|
|
|[[Out of My Mind (Draper novel)|Out of My Mind]]
|[[Out of My Mind (Draper novel)|''Out of My Mind'']]
|[[Sharon Draper]]
|[[Sharon Draper]]
|
|
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|2016
|2016
|
|
|{{sort|War That Saved My Life|''[[The War That Saved My Life]]''}}
|{{sort|War That Saved My Life|''[[The War That Saved My Life]]''}} (2015)
|{{sortname|Kimberly|Brubaker Bradley}}
|{{sortname|Kimberly|Brubaker Bradley}}
|
|
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|2017
|2017
|
|
|{{sort|Secret Life of Lincoln Jones|''The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones''}}
|{{sort|Secret Life of Lincoln Jones|''The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones''}} (2016)
|{{sortname|Wendelin|van Draanen}}
|[[Wendelin Van Draanen|Wendelin van Draanen]]
|
|
|[[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf Books for Young Readers]]
|[[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf Books for Young Readers]]
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|2018
|2018
|
|
|''[[Piecing Me Together]]''
|''[[Piecing Me Together]]'' (2017)
|{{sortname|Renée|Watson}}
|{{sortname|Renée|Watson|dab=author}}
|
|
|[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury USA Children's]]
|[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury USA Children's]]
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|2019
|2019
|
|
|''A Heart in a Body in the World''
|''A Heart in a Body in the World'' (2018)
|[[Deb Caletti]]
|[[Deb Caletti]]
|
|
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|2020
|2020
|
|
|''When the Ground is Hard''
|''When the Ground is Hard'' (2019)
|{{sortname|Malla|Nunn}}
|{{sortname|Malla|Nunn}}
|
|
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|2021
|2021
|
|
|''[[When Stars Are Scattered]]''
|''[[When Stars Are Scattered]]'' (2020)
|{{sortname|Victoria |Jamieson}} and Omar Mohamed
|{{sortname|Victoria |Jamieson}} and Omar Mohamed
|Victoria Jamieson (Illus.) and Imam Geddy (color)
|[[Victoria Jamieson]] (illustrator) and Imam Geddy (color)
|[[Dial Press|Dial BFYR]]
|[[Dial Press|Dial BFYR]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
| rowspan="2" |2022
|for younger readers
|for younger readers
|''Milo Imagines the World''
|''Milo Imagines the World'' (2021)
|[[Matt de la Peña]]
|[[Matt de la Peña]]
|[[Christian Robinson]]
|[[Christian Robinson]]
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|-
|-
|for older readers
|for older readers
|[[Firekeeper's Daughter|''Firekeeper's Daughter'']]
|''[[Firekeeper's Daughter]]'' (2021)
|[[Angeline Boulley]]
|[[Angeline Boulley]]
|
|
|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
|-
|2023
|
|''I Must Betray You'' (2022)
|[[Ruta Sepetys]]
|
|[[Philomel Books|Philomel]]
|}
|}



Latest revision as of 22:06, 14 November 2023

The Josette Frank Award is an American children's literary award for fiction given annually by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education. It "honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally".[1]

Known as the Children's Book Award from 1943 to 1997, it was renamed in honor of Josette Frank, the editor of many anthologies for children and a former Executive Director of the Child Study Association of America.[1][2] The prize to the author of the book has been provided by the Florence L. Miller Memorial Fund.

The Josette Frank Award is one of several prominent awards that the Children's Book Committee gives each year. The Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, established in 1994, is presented to "a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people." The Claudia Lewis Award, given for the first time in 1998, honors the best poetry book of the year. The Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award, is a biennial award, presented to published or adapted board books, will be presented in 2023 with books published in 2021-2022.[3]

Winners[edit]

Award Title Award Year Award Distinction Book Title (Year Published) Author Illustrator Publisher
Children's Book Award 1943 Keystone Kids (1943) John R. Tunis Harcourt Brace
1944 The House (1944) Marjorie Hill Allee Helen Blair Houghton Mifflin
1945 The Moved-Outers (1945) Florence Cranell Means Houghton Mifflin
1946 Heart of Danger (1946) Howard Pease Doubleday
1947 Judy's Journey (1947) Lois Lenski J. B. Lippincott & Co.
1948 The Big Wave (1948) Pearl S. Buck Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai John Day Company
1949 Paul Tiber: Forester (1949) Maria Gleit Ralph Ray Charles Scribner's Sons
1950 Partners: The United Nations and Youth (1950) Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris Junior Literary Guild/Doubleday
1951 No Award
1952 Jareb (1952) Miriam Powell Marc Simont Thomas Y. Crowell
Twenty and Ten (1952); later republished with minor edits as The Secret Cave (1969, 1973 Scholastic)[4] Claire Huchet Bishop William Pène du Bois Puffin
1953 In a Mirror (1953) Mary Stolz Harper
1954 High Road Home (1954) William Corbin Coward-McCann/Junior Literary Guild
The Ordeal of the Young Hunter (1954) Jonreed Lauritzen Hoke Denetsosie Little, Brown and Company
1955 Crow Boy Taro Yashima
Plain Girl Virginia Sorenson
1956 The House of Sixty Fathers Meindert DeJong Maurice Sendak Harper & Row
1957 Shadow Across the Campus Helen Roney Sattley Dodd Mead
1958 South Town Lorenz Graham
1959 Jennifer Zoa Sherburne
1960 Janine Robin McKown Messner
1961 Winner The Road to Agra (translated from Norwegian by Evelyn Ramsden) Aimee Sommerfelt Ulf Aas Criterion
Special Citation The Girl From Puerto Rico Hila Colman
1962 The Trouble With Terry John Lexau
1963 Winner The Peaceable Revolution Betty Schechter
Special Citation The Rock and the Willow Mildred Lee
1964 The High Pasture Ruth Peabody Harnden Vee Guthrie
1965 The Empty Schoolhouse Natalie Savage Carlson John Kauffman
1966 Winner Queenie Peavy Robert Burch
Special Citation Curious George Goes to the Hospital Margret Rey and H.A. Rey Margret Rey and H.A. Rey Houghton Mifflin
1967 The Contender Robert Lipsyte
1968 Winner What It's All About (translated from Russian by Joseph Barnes) Vadim Frolic Macmillan
Special Citation Where's Daddy? A Story about Divorce Beth Goff Susan Perl Beacon Press
1969 The Empty Moat Margaretha Shemin Coward-McCann
1970 Migrant Girl Carli Laklan
Rock Star James Lincoln Collier
1971 Winner John Henry McCoy Lillie D. Chaffin Emanuel Schongut
Special Citation The Pair of Shoes Aline Glasgow Symeon Shimin Dial BFYR
1972 A Sound of Chariots Mollie Hunter
1973 A Taste of Blackberries Doris Buchanan Smith
1974 Luke Was There Eleanor Clymer Diane DeGroat
1975 The Garden is Doing Fine Carol Farley Lynn Sweat
1976 Somebody Else's Child Roberta Silman Chris Conover
1977 The Pinballs Betsy Byars
1978 The Devil in Vienna Doris Orgel
1979 The Whipman is Watching T.A. Dyer
1980 A Boat to Nowhere Maureen Wartski
1981 A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind Athena Lord
1982 Homesick: My Own Story Jean Fritz Margot Tomes Putnam
1983 Winner The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare
Special Citation The Solomon System Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1984 One-Eyed Cat Paula Fox
1985 Winner With Westie and the Tin Man C.S. Adler Macmillan
Special Citation Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America's Peace Seekers Milton Meltzer Harper and Row
1986 Journey to Jo'burg Beverley Naidoo
1987 Rabble Starkey Lois Lowry
1988 Winner The Most Beautiful Place in the World Ann Cameron Thomas Allen Knopf
Special Citation December Stillness Mary Downing Hahn
1989 Shades of Gray Carolyn Reeder
1990 Secret City, USA Felice Holman
1991 Shadow Boy Susan E. Kirby
1992 Blue Skin of the Sea Graham Salisbury
1993 Make Lemonade Virginia Euwer Wolff
1994 Earthshine Theresa Nelson
1995 Winner Music from a Place Called Half Moon Jerrie Oughton
Special Citation The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis Delacorte Press
1996 The Cuckoo's Child Suzanne Freeman
Josette Frank Award 1997 No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa Beverley Naidoo
1998 My Louisiana Sky Kimberly Willis Holt
1999
2000 Figuring Out Frances Gina Willner-Pardo
2001 Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo
2002 Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart Vera B. Williams
2003 Winner Goddess of Yesterday Caroline B. Cooney
Special Citation Jericho Walls Kristi Collier
2004 The Goose Girl Shannon Hale
2005 Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World Katherine Hannigan
2006 Each Little Bird That Sings Deborah Wiles
2007 Winner Clementine Sara Pennypacker Marla Frazee
Special Citation The Manny Files Christian Burch
2008 Home of the Brave Katherine Applegate
2009 After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson
2010 Winner The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Jacqueline Kelly
Special Citation Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin
2011 Out of My Mind Sharon Draper
2012 Bluefish Pat Schmatz
2013 Wonder R. J. Palacio
2014 Rose Under Fire Elizabeth Wein Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
2015 for younger readers Rain Reign Ann M. Martin Feiwel & Friends
for older readers I'll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson Dial BFYR
2016 The War That Saved My Life (2015) Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Dial BFYR
2017 The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones (2016) Wendelin van Draanen Knopf Books for Young Readers
2018 Piecing Me Together (2017) Renée Watson Bloomsbury USA Children's
2019 A Heart in a Body in the World (2018) Deb Caletti Atheneum Books for Young Readers
2020 When the Ground is Hard (2019) Malla Nunn GP Putnams and Sons
2021 When Stars Are Scattered (2020) Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Victoria Jamieson (illustrator) and Imam Geddy (color) Dial BFYR
2022 for younger readers Milo Imagines the World (2021) Matt de la Peña Christian Robinson GP Putnams and Sons
for older readers Firekeeper's Daughter (2021) Angeline Boulley Macmillan
2023 I Must Betray You (2022) Ruta Sepetys Philomel

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Awards". The Children's Book Committee. Bank Street College of Education (bankstreet.edu). Retrieved 2015-10-29. With linked lists of past winners by decade.
  2. ^ "Josette Frank Award". University of Nebraska at Kearney. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  3. ^ Hare, Peter. "Awards". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. ^ "Twenty and Ten (1952) – A Beastiary of Books". beastiaryofbooks.sites.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.

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