Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1993 -- honoring the most outstanding new poetry books
- 1,402 Resources including
- 116 Videos
- 55 Book Readings
- 157 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Martin Rising: Requiem for a King
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
(Winner, 2019)
38 Resources7 Awards
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith
(Winner, 2022)
37 Resources12 Awards
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen
(Honor, 2011)
31 Resources8 Awards
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
(Winner, 2018)
30 Resources11 Awards
Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
by Lee Wardlaw and Eugene Yelchin
(Winner, 2012)
26 Resources8 Awards
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
by Joyce Sidman and Beckie Prange
(Winner, 2006)
23 Resources8 Awards
Rutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems about Our Presidents
by Marilyn Singer and John Hendrix
(Honor, 2014)
23 Resources2 Awards
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko and Melissa Sweet
(Honor, 2015)
23 Resources10 Awards
Welcome to the Wonder House
by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Georgia Heard, and Deborah Freedman
(Winner, 2024)
22 Resources5 Awards
This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
(Honor, 2008)
20 Resources2 Awards
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy
by Tony Medina, Javaka Steptoe, R. Gregory Christie, and Ekua Holmes
(Honor, 2019)
20 Resources4 Awards
Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
by Andrea Cheng
(Winner, 2014)
18 Resources5 Awards
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds
by Jorge Argueta and Alfonso Ruano
(Winner, 2017)
18 Resources8 Awards
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
(Honor, 2002)
17 Resources4 Awards
The Rainbow Hand: Poems about Mothers and Children
by Janet S. Wong and Jennifer Hewitson
(Honor, 2000)
16 Resources1 Awards
Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt
by Patricia C. McKissack and Cozbi A. Cabrera
(Honor, 2009)
14 Resources2 Awards
The Museum on the Moon: The Curious Objects on the Lunar Surface
by Irene Latham and Myriam Wares
(Honor, 2024)
14 Resources3 Awards
Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: And Other Poems
by Jack Prelutsky and Carin Berger
(Honor, 2007)
13 Resources1 Awards
