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The 2019 Skipping Stones Honor Awards: 30 Books for All
Readers
By lynmiller-lachmann on 2019-12-16 21:58:48
The holiday season is a great time to gift books to the young people
in your life. But how to find books that promote intercultural awareness and understanding and respect for the environment?
Each year, the nonprofit multicultural children’s magazine Skipping Stones releases its Honor Awards, recognizing two to
three dozen books for young readers and teaching resources published in the past two years that “foster respect for multiple
viewpoints and closer relationships within human societies.” This year, 30 titles received this coveted award: 19 in the
Multicultural and International Books category; 8 in the Nature and Ecology category; and 3 Teaching Resources. Arranged
alphabetically by author within each category, the books are as follows: Multicultural and International Books Acosta,
Daniel. Iron River. Cinco Puntos Press. Ages 12-17. Bhaksar, D.K. and Alladi Jayasri. Illus. Yathi Siddakatte. Balarama '’s
Story. An Elephant’s Journey. Peppertree Press. Ages 7-12. Bowles, David. They Call Me Giiero: A Border Kids Poems.
Cinco Puntos Press. Ages 9 and up. Brenna, Beverley. Fox Magic. Red Deer Press. Ages 11-15. Charles, Norma. Runner:
Harry Jerome, Worlds Fastest Man. Red Deer Press. Ages 11-15. Desai, Anita. The Village by the Sea. New York Review of
Books. Ages 9-14. Garcia, Nasario. Illus. Dolores Aragon. Grandma Lale’s Magical Adobe Oven/El horno magico de
Abuelita Lale. Bilingual (English/Spanish) ed. Rio Grande. Ages 5-9. George, Joanne. Illus. by the author. Smiley. A Journey
of Love. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Ages 6-10. Gonzalez Pérez, Alma. Illus. by the author. Zodos a celebrar! A Hispanic
Customs and Traditions Alphabet Book. Bilingual (Spanish/English) ed. Del Alma Publications. Ages 5-9. Harrison, Troon.
Illus. Frangois Thisdale. The Birdman. Red Deer Press. Ages 5-9. Latour, Francie. Illus. Ken Daley. Auntie Luce s Talking
Paintings. Groundwood. Ages 4-8. Melleby, Nicole. Hurricane Season. Algonquin Books for Young Readers. Ages 9-12.
Ntshingila, Futhi. We Kiss Them with Rain: A Novel. Catalyst Press. Ages 15 and up. Ramirez-Christensen, Esperanza, trans.
Illus. Tracy Gallup. My First Book of Haiku Poems: A Picture, a Poem, and a Dream. Bilingual (Japanese/English) ed.
Tuttle. Ages 5-9. Subramanian, Mathangi. A People’s History of Heaven: A Novel. Algonquin Books. Ages 15 and up.
Suneby, Elizabeth. Illus. Rebecca Green. [gbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the
Planet. Kids Can Press. Ages 8-12. Vecchione, Patrice and Alyssa Raymond, eds. Jnk Knows No Borders: Poems of the
Immigrant and Refugee Experience. Seven Stories Press. Ages 12 and up. Waboose, Jan Bourdeau. Illus. Frangois Thisdale.
The Spirit Trackers. Fifth House. Ages 6-9. Zepeda, Gwendolyn. Illus. by Thelma Muraida. Maya and Annie on Saturdays
and Sundays/Los sabados y domingos de Maya y Annie. Bilingual (English/Spanish) ed. Pifiata Books. Ages 5-9. Nature
and Ecology Books Brunelle, Lynn. Illus. Anna-Maria Jung. Turn This Book into a Beehive! And 19 Other Experiments
and Activities That Explore the Amazing World of Bees. Workman Publishing. Ages 8-12. Contreras, Kathleen. Illus. Gary
Undercuffler. Harvesting Friends/Cosechando amigos. Piftata Books. Ages 5-8. Fyvie, Erica. Trash Revolution: Breaking
the Waste Cycle. Kids Can Press. Ages 8-12. Galat, Joan Marie. Illus. Georgia Graham. Stories in the Clouds: Weather
Science and Mythology from Around the World. Whitecap Books. Ages 8-12. Iturralde, Edna. Trans. by Jessica Powell.
Green Was My Forest. Manuel Vilar. Ages 8 and up. Marull, Yana. Illus. by the author. The Last Jaguar of the Savanna.
Terra Books. Also available in Spanish. Ages 5-10. Thornhill, Jan. Illus. by the author. The Triumphant Tale of the House
Sparrow. Groundwood. Ages 7-10. Welldon, Christine. Everyone Can Be a Changemaker: The Ashoka Effect. Fitzhenry &
Whiteside. Ages 8-13. Teaching Resources Hart, Melissa. Better with Books: 500 Diverse Books to Ignite Empathy and
Encourage Self-Acceptance in Tweens and Teens. Sasquatch Books. Grades 4-12. Mooney, Carla. Illus. Sam Carbaugh.
Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events. Nomad Press. Grades 4-8. Watson, Dyan, Jesse Hagopian, and Wayne
Au, eds. Teaching for Black Lives. Rethinking Schools. All grades. For reviews of the winning books and past lists, go
