Children's Africana Book Awards, 1992-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1992 -- honoring outstanding books on Africa published or republished in the United States
Sponsored by Africa Access
![Children's Africana Book Awards, 1992-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/56.jpg)
- 1,663 Resources including
- 152 Videos
- 81 Book Readings
- 131 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 150 book results
![When Stars Are Scattered](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0525553908.jpg)
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Honor, 2021)
56 Resources20 Awards
![Children of Blood and Bone](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250170974.jpg)
![Door of No Return, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0316441961.jpg)
![Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/044981744X.jpg)
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
by Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls
(Commended, 2016)
33 Resources6 Awards
![Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/65739_hi.jpg)
![Too Small Tola](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1536211273.jpg)
![Red Pencil, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0316247804.jpg)
![One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1467716081.jpg)
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
by Miranda Paul and Elizabeth Zunon
(Commended, 2016)
31 Resources8 Awards
![Sulwe](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/66455_hi.jpg)
![Nana Akua Goes to School](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0525581138.jpg)
Nana Akua Goes to School
by Tricia Elam Walker and April Harrison
(Winner, 2021)
28 Resources11 Awards
![Home Is Not a Country](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0593177053.jpg)
![Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/160060367X.jpg)
Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace
by Jen Cullerton Johnson and Sonia Lynn Sadler
(Winner, 2011)
26 Resources5 Awards
![Baby Goes to Market](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076369570X.jpg)
![Solo](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0310761832.jpg)
![Storyteller, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1481435183.jpg)
![Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0399588175.jpg)
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
(Winner, 2019)
23 Resources2 Awards
![My Rows and Piles of Coins](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0395751861.jpg)
![Arabic Quilt, The: An Immigrant Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0884487547.jpg)
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story
by Aya Khalil and Anait Semirdzhyan
(Honor, 2021)
20 Resources6 Awards
![Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1728450985.jpg)
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge
(Winner, 2024)
20 Resources7 Awards
![Long Way Gone, A: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0374105235.jpg)
![Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0374399182.jpg)
![Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1620149664.jpg)
Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui
by Alison Goldberg and Elizabeth Zunon
(Winner, 2023)
19 Resources1 Awards
![Old African, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0803725647.jpg)
![Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation), The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0803735111.jpg)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation)
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Elizabeth Zunon
(Winner, 2013)
18 Resources6 Awards
![One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1554530288.jpg)
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
by Katie Smith Milway and Eugenie Fernandes
(Winner, 2009)
17 Resources5 Awards
![Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0803737475.jpg)
Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books
by Karen Leggett Abouraya and Susan L. Roth
(Winner, 2013)
17 Resources6 Awards
![Bitter Side of Sweet, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0399173072.jpg)
![Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0374303010.jpg)
Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song
by Kathryn Erskine and Charly Palmer
(Winner, 2018)
16 Resources5 Awards
![Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0763650382.jpg)
Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad
by Monica Edinger and Robert Byrd
(Winner, 2014)
15 Resources4 Awards
![Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/158089626X.jpg)
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees
by Franck Prévot and Aurélia Fronty
(Winner, 2016)
15 Resources7 Awards
![Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0884488853.jpg)
Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions
by Richard Turere, Shelly Pollock, and Sonia Possentini
(Winner, 2023)
15 Resources4 Awards
![Only a Pigeon](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0689800770.jpg)
![Black Dove, White Raven](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0385681860.jpg)
![Akata Warrior](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/067078561X.jpg)
![Sugar Town Queens](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0525515607.jpg)
![Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1665912618.jpg)
![Chanda's Secrets](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/155037835X.jpg)
![Circle Unbroken: The Story of a Basket and Its People](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0374312893.jpg)
Circle Unbroken: The Story of a Basket and Its People
by Margot Theis Raven and E.B. Lewis
(Honor, 2005)
13 Resources4 Awards
![Stones for My Father](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1770492526.jpg)
![Chicken in the Kitchen](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/49462.jpg)
![When Morning Comes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1926890140.jpg)
![Shaka Rising: A Legend of the Warrior Prince](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1946498998.jpg)
![Egyptian Lullaby](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250222494.jpg)
![Matatu, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1554693012.jpg)
![I Lost My Tooth in Africa](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0439662265.jpg)
I Lost My Tooth in Africa
by Penda Diakité and Baba Wagué Diakité
(Winner, 2007)
11 Resources5 Awards