Josette Frank Award
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".[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 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.
Winners
| Award Year | Award Title | Award Distinction | Book Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Children's Book Award | Keystone Kids | John R. Tunis | |||
| 1944 | The House | Marjorie Hill Allee | ||||
| 1945 | The Moved-Outers | Florence Cranell Means | ||||
| 1946 | Heart of Danger | Howard Pease | ||||
| 1947 | Judy's Journey | Lois Lenski | ||||
| 1948 | The Big Wave | Pearl S. Buck | ||||
| 1949 | Paul Tiber: Forester | Maria Gleit | ||||
| 1950 | Partners: The United Nations and Youth | Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris | ||||
| 1951 | No Award | |||||
| 1952 | Jareb | Miriam Powell | ||||
| Twenty and Ten | Claire Huchet Bishop | |||||
| 1953 | In a Mirror | Mary Stolz | ||||
| 1954 | High Road Home | William Corbin | ||||
| 1954 | The Ordeal of the Young Hunter | Jonreed Lauritzen | ||||
| 1955 | Crow Boy | Taro Yashima | ||||
| Plain Girl | Virginia Sorenson | |||||
| 1956 | The House of Sixty Fathers | Meindert DeJong | ||||
| 1957 | Shadow Across the Campus | Helen R. Sattley | ||||
| 1958 | South Town | Lorenz Graham | ||||
| 1959 | Jennifer | Zoa Sherburne | ||||
| 1960 | Janine | Robin McKown | ||||
| 1961 | The Girl From Puerto Rico | Hila Colman | ||||
| The Road to Agra | Aimee Sommerfelt | |||||
| 1962 | The Trouble With Terry | John Lexau | ||||
| 1963 | The Peaceable Revolution | Betty Schechter | ||||
| The Rock and the Willow | Mildred Lee | |||||
| 1964 | The High Pasture | Ruth Harnden | ||||
| 1965 | The Empty Schoolhouse | Natalie Savage Carlson | ||||
| 1966 | Queenie Peavy | Robert Burch | ||||
| 1967 | The Contender | Robert Lipsyte | ||||
| 1968 | What It's All About | Vadim Frolov | ||||
| 1969 | The Empty Moat | Margaretha Shemin | ||||
| 1970 | Migrant Girl | Carli Laklan | ||||
| Rock Star | James Lincoln Collier | |||||
| 1971 | John Henry McCoy | Lillie D. Chafin | ||||
| 1972 | A Sound of Chariots | Mollie Hunter | ||||
| 1973 | A Taste of Blackberries | Doris Buchanan Smith | ||||
| 1974 | Luke Was There | Eleanor Clymer | ||||
| 1975 | The Garden is Doing Fine | Carol Farley | ||||
| 1976 | Somebody Else's Child | Roberta Silman | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 1983 | The Sign of the Beaver | Elizabeth George Speare | ||||
| The Solomon System | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | |||||
| 1984 | One-Eyed Cat | Paula Fox | ||||
| 1985 | Winner | With Westie and the Tin Man | C.S. Adler | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 1997 | Josette Frank Award | 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 | Goddess of Yesterday | Caroline B. Cooney | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Dial BFYR | |||
| 2017 | The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones | Wendelin van Draanen | Knopf Books for Young Readers | |||
| 2018 | Piecing Me Together | Renée Watson | Bloomsbury USA Children's | |||
| 2019 | A Heart in a Body in the World | Deb Caletti | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | |||
| 2020 | When the Ground is Hard | Malla Nunn | GP Putnams and Sons | |||
| 2021 | When Stars Are Scattered | Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed with Victoria Jamieson (Illus.) and Imam Geddy (color) | Dial BFYR | |||
| 2022 | for younger readers | Milo Imagines the World | Matt de la Peña | Christian Robinson | GP Putnams and Sons | |
| for older readers | Firekeeper's Daughter | Angeline Boulley | Macmillan |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Josette Frank Award". University of Nebraska at Kearney. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
