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Explore award winning picture books recognized for exceptional writing, illustration, and impact. This collection includes standout books that are useful starting points for building a strong home library, classroom shelf, or library display.

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Award Winning

Explore award winning picture books recognized for exceptional writing, illustration, and impact. This collection includes standout books that are useful starting points for building a strong home library, classroom shelf, or library display.
Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya

Little Roja Riding Hood

Susan Middleton Elya
Susan Guevara
A bilingual retelling of Little Red Riding Hood turns the familiar tale into a playful rhyme filled with Spanish vocabulary and comic timing.
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Senorita Mariposa by Ben Gundersheimer

Senorita Mariposa

Ben Gundersheimer
Marcos Almada Rivero
A monarch butterfly guides children northward in a bilingual story about migration, care, and connection across borders.
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The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson

The Youngest Marcher

Cynthia Levinson; Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Audrey Faye Hendricks's determination to join the Birmingham Children's March turns a civil-rights chapter into a child-centered story of courage.
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Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford

Voice of Freedom

Carole Boston Weatherford
Ekua Holmes
Poetic text and collage bring Fannie Lou Hamer's life, courage, and civil-rights activism into view for young readers.
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

Eric A. Kimmel
Trina Schart Hyman
A clever traveler faces down goblins to save Hanukkah for a frightened village.
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Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport

Martin's Big Words

Doreen Rappaport
Bryan Collier
Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and language are distilled into a picture book built around the power of his words.
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Schomburg by Carole Boston Weatherford

Schomburg

Carole Boston Weatherford
Eric Velasquez
Art and text together introduce Arturo Schomburg and his lifelong work collecting Black history the world tried to erase.
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Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford

Freedom in Congo Square

Carole Boston Weatherford
R. Gregory Christie
This lyrical historical picture book centers the weekly gathering place where enslaved Africans in New Orleans sustained culture and community.
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Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe

Radiant Child

Javaka Steptoe
Javaka Steptoe
This biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat connects Black creativity, art-making, and city energy from childhood on.
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The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall

The Honeybee

Kirsten Hall
Isabelle Arsenault
A lyrical cumulative text follows one worker bee through pollination, danger, labor, and return.
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