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Great Books for Kids: The Skipping Stones Honor Awards
By lynmiller-lachmann on 2012-06-17 21:19:54
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Each year I eagerly await the announcement of the Skipping Stones Honor Awards—
the multicultural and environmental children’s magazine’s list of the best books of the previous year for children, teens, and
educators. What makes the Skipping Stones list so special is that small presses and the growing number of self-published
titles are considered on a level playing field. All it takes is a small entry fee, waived if the publisher or author cannot afford
to pay, and a committee of parents, teachers, and librarians in the Eugene, Oregon area debates the entries and puts together
the list. The 2012 list includes 25 books and one DVD in three categories—Multicultural and International Books, Nature
and Ecology Books, and Teaching and Parenting Resources. Two of the winners, Laura Resau and Maria Virginia
Farinango’s The Queen of Water and Larry Dane Brimmer’s Black and White, were featured in “Waging Peace” last year. So
here’s the list. Happy reading! Multicultural and International Books: Brimmer, Larry Dane. Black & White: The
Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor. Boyds Mills Press. Grades 6-12.
Brown, Monica. Marisol McDonald Doesnt Match/Marisol McDonald no combina. Mlus. by Sara Palacios. Children’s Book
Press/Lee & Low. Grades 1-4. Conkling, Winifred. Sylvia and Aki. Random House. Grades 4-8. Hughes, Susan. Off to
Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World. Owl Kids Books. Grades 3-8. Husain, Shahkruh. The Wise Fool:
Fables from the Islamic World. (lus. by Micha Archer. Barefoot Books. All ages. Jordan-Fenton, Christy and Margaret
Pokiak-Fenton. 4 Stranger at Home. Illus. by Liz Amini-Holmes. Toronto: Annick Press, 2011. Grades 3-7. LaFaye, A.
Walking Home to Rosie Lee. Illus. by Keith D. Shepherd. Cinco Puntos Press. Grades 2-5. Lyon, George Ella. Which Side
Are You On? The Story of a Song. Illus. by Christopher Cardinale. Cinco Puntos Press. Grades 3-5. Masih, Tara L., ed. The
Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays. Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing. Grade 10 and up. McKissack, Patricia C.
Never Forgotten. Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Random House. Grades 4-8. Resau, Laura and Maria Virginia Farinango.
The Queen of Water. Random House. Grades 7-11. Vernick, Shirley Reva. The Blood Lie. Cinco Puntos Press. Grades 4-9.
Nature and Ecology Books: Caduto, Michael J. Riparia’s River. Illus. by Olga Pastuchiv. Tilbury House. Grades 1-4.
Dunning Joan. Seabird in the Forest: The Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet. Boyds Mills Press. Grades K-4. FitzSimmons,
David. Curious Critters. Wild Iris Publishing. Grades 1-4. Henrichs, Wendy. When Anju Loved Being an Elephant. Illus. by
John Butler. Sleeping Bear. Grades 1-4. Larson, Jeanette and Adrienne Yorinks. Hummingbirds: Facts and Folklore from the
Americas. Illus. by Adrienne Yorinks. Charlesbridge. All ages. Latham, Donna. Garbage: Investigate What Happens When
You Throw It Out. Nomad Press. Grades 1-5. Malnor, Carol L. and Trina L. Hunner. Molly s Organic Farm. Illus. by Trina L.
Hunner. Dawn Publications. Grades 1-4. Smalley, Ruth Ann. Sheila Says We’re Weird. Mlus. by J. Emery. Tilbury House.
Grades 1-4. Thomas, Peggy. For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson. Illus. by Laura Jacques. Boyds Mills Press.
Grades 1-4. Townsend, Wendy. The Sundown Rule. Namelos. Grades 5-9. Teaching and Parenting Resources: Families of
the Philippines. Master Communications. Grades 3-6. DVD. Marshall, Elizabeth and Oslem Sensoy, eds. Rethinking
Popular Culture and Media. Rethinking Schools. Teachers. Spilsbury, Louise. Development or Destruction Series
(Deforestation, The Oil Industry, Travel and Tourism, and Dams and Hydropower). Rosen. Grades 5-8. Tsebary, Shefali. The
Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children. Namaste Publishing. Parents.
