2024 Winners and Honors
2024 Author Winner
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"Nigeria Jones,” written by Ibi Zoboi, and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
2024 Illustrator Winner
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"An American Story,” illustrated by Dare Coulter, written by Kwame Alexander, and published by Little, Brown and Co., a division of Hachette Book, Inc.
2024 Author Honor Titles
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“Big,” written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison and published by Little, Brown and Co., a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
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“How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee,” written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison and published by Candlewick Press.
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“Kin: Rooted in Hope,” written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.
2024 Illustrator Honor Titles
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“Big,” written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison and published by Little, Brown and Co., a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
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“Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes,” illustrated by Shannon Wright, written by Traci N. Todd and published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
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“There Was a Party for Langston,” illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarret Pumphrey, written by Jason Reynolds and published by Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner
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“There Goes the Neighborhood,” written by Jade Adia and published by Hyperion, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc.
John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner
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“We Could Fly,” illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu, written by Rhiannon Giddens, and published by Candlewick Press.