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The 2017 Skipping Stones Honor Awards: The 25th
Anniversary Edition
By lynmiller-lachmann on 2017-07-24 22:37:31
While the non-profit multicultural children’s magazine Skipping Stones has been
publishing articles, stories, and poetry for 29 years, the Skipping Stones Honor Awards are only this year celebrating their
25th anniversary of highlighting the best children’s books and educational resources about diverse cultures around the world
and nature and the environment. With this silver anniversary year, the magazine has recognized 25 winners, a few more than
usual, and the list appears in the June-September 2017 issue. The Skipping Stones website, www.SkippingStones.org,
features annotations of all the winning books and teaching resources. The books come from both major publishers and small
presses, and one of the most useful features of the Skipping Stones list is that all books have an equal chance regardless of
the size of the publisher or their marketing budget as long as the author or publisher enters the books. And the magazine
waives the entry fee for publishers under a certain size, in this way inviting books to be considered that often don’t receive
the attention they deserve elsewhere. While I’d like to see more international books in translation enter and make the list —
hint, hint for all those publishers specializing in translation — these books offer important perspectives on human experience
and the natural environment around the world. For each category, the list is arranged from youngest to oldest readers:
Multicultural and International Books: Weill, Cynthia. Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art & Animal Sounds in English and
Spanish. Illus. by Rubi Fuentes and Efrain Broa. Cinco Puntos Press. Ages 2-5. Elliott, Zetta. Melenas Jubilee: The Story of
a Fresh Start. Mlus. by Aaron Boyd. Tilbury House. Ages 4-10. Farish, Terry. Josephs Big Ride. Illus. by Ken Daley. Annick
Press. Killion, Bette. Little Lek Longtail Learns to Sleep. Mlus. by Beatriz Vidal. Wisdom Tales. Ages 4 and up. Ohiyesa
(Charles Eastman). /ndian Boyhood: The True Story of a Sioux Upbringing. Adapted by Michael O. Fitzgerald. Illus. by
Heidi Rasch. Wisdom Tales. Ages 4-9. Grimard, Gabrielle. Lila and the Crow. Annick Press. Ages 5-8. Kulling, Monica. On
Our Way to Oyster Bay: Mother Jones and Her March for Children’s Rights. Wlus. by Felicita Sala. Kids Can Press. Ages 6-
9. Poulin, Andrée. Pablo Finds a Treasure. Mlus. by Isabelle Malenfant. Annick Press. Ages 6-9. The Art of Memory: Ten
Stories Written and Illustrated by Ten Artists/El Arte de Recordar: Diez historias contadas e ilustradas por diez artistas.
Lectura Books. Ages 6-10. McLaughlin, Danielle. That's Not Fair! Getting to Know Your Rights and Freedoms. Illus. by
Dharmali Patel. Kids Can Press. Ages 7-11. Robinson, Sharon. The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of
Friendship Between a Boy and a Basketball Legend. Scholastic. Ages 8-12. Weeks, Sarah and Gita Varadarajan. Save Me a
Seat. Scholastic. Ages 8-12. Burg, Anne E. Unbound: A Novel in Verse. Scholastic. Ages 11-15. Schiot, Molly. Game
Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History. Simon & Schuster. Ages 11 and up. Barakat, Ibitsam. Balcony on the
Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine. Farrar Straus Giroux. Ages 12-18. Conkling, Winifred. Passenger on the Pearl: The
True Story of Emily Edmonson s Flight from Slavery. Algonquin Books for Young Readers. Ages 12-15. Peters, Marilee.
Making It Right: Building Peace, Settling Conflict. Annick Press. Ages 12 and up. Jensen, Kelly, ed. Here We Are: Feminism
for the Real World. Algonquin Books for Young Readers. Ages 14 and up. Nature and Ecology Books: Chiang, Rosalie. A
Is for Albatross: Birds A to Z. Illus. by Robin and Rosalie Chiang. www.amazon.com. Ages. 4-9. Ireland, Karen. Wonderful
Nature, Wonderful You. Illus. by Christopher Canyon. Dawn Publications. Ages 5-9. Burnham, Cathleen. Tortuga Squad:
Kids Saving Sea Turtles in Costa Rica. Crickhollow Books. Ages 7-12. Winters, Kari-Lynn and Ishta Mercurio. Bite Into
Bloodsuckers. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Ages 7-12. Banyard, Antonia and Paula Ayer. Water Wow! An Infographic
Exploration. Annick Press. Ages 9-12 Dagg, Anne Innis. 5 Giraffes. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Ages 9-12. Galat, Joan Marie.
Stories of the Aurora. Illus. by Lorna Bennett. Whitecap Books. Ages 9-13. Teaching Resources: Lyons, Suzanne. The
Cooperative Games Bullying Prevention Program: Cooperative Games for a Warm School Climate, Pre-K to Grade 2. Child
and Nature. Culham, Ruth. Dream Walkers: Mentor Texts That Celebrate Latino Culture. Stenhouse Publishers. Grades 2-5.
Brown, Lyn M. Powered by Girl: A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists. Beacon Press. Grades 8-12. Beckwith,
Kathy. A Mighty Case Against War: What America Missed in U.S. History Class and What We (All) Can Do Now. Dignity
Press. Grades 9-12.
