Valarie Budayr and I were so excited to meet the Children’s Africana Book Awards at the National Social Studies Meeting.
2014 Children’s Africana Book Awards
Africa Access was founded in 1989 to help schools, public libraries, and parents improve the quality of their K-12 collections about Africa. In 1991, Africa Access in collaboration with the Outreach Council* of the African Studies Association created the Children’s Africana Book Awards. Today over seventy-four titles have been recognized and more than 100 authors and illustrators are members of our Winners Circle.
Children’s Africana Picture Book Awards
Desmond and the Very Mean Word, A Story of Forgiveness by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams, illustrated by A.G. Ford
Bundle of Secrets, Savita Returns Home by Mubina Hassanali Kirman, illustrated by Tony Siema
Children’s Africana Chapter Book Awards
Africa Is My Home, A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinge, illustrated by Robert Byrd
Once Upon a Time in Ghana: Traditional Stories Retold in English by Anna Cottrell, Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah, illustrated by Kwabena Poku
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Welcome to the 52nd Kid Lit Blog Hop where we continue to develop a dynamic and engaged community of children’s books bloggers, authors, publishers, and publicists. So, you are always more than welcome to join us by popping in a post and hopping around to meet some of your fellow Kid Lit bloggers and authors! For the first time, we will also be including a Linky Party to be held in conjunction with the Kid Lit Blog Hop. Every two weeks, you will have the opportunity to join in a linky party focused on one social media network, helping you to connect with and grow your network of fellow kid lit bloggers, authors, and parents. First up… the Facebook Linky Party. We are pleased to be welcome the following co-hostess with us this week: Katie from The Logonauts, a blog focused on sharing and discussing great books for elementary and middle grade readers. Please take a moment to drop by and say hello. Welcome Katie!
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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Thanks for this post – these books look wonderful.
Thanks so much MaryAnne,
Such a great award and perfect for any child to learn about Africa!!!
This is new to me. Thanks for sharing. Have already read a number of the books. Glad you had such a great time!
Thanks so much Patricia!
I’m glad you were able to read many of these books! I look forward to reading your reviews on your blog!!
Love the list Mia. Just pinned it. I liked Soccer Star and Goal as well. I think Goal is set in Africa while Soccer Star is set in Brazil.Thanks for hosting KidLitBlogHop this week.
Thanks so much Reshama! My kids play soccer so they will love your great soccer book recommendations. Thank you again!