Here are free resources for sharing award winning poetry books with young people.

Here are free resources for sharing award winning poetry books with young people.

Sunday, March 15, 2020

2019 WINNER: Martin Rising

The 2019 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award is:

Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic).

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HONOR BOOKS:

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina, illustrated by 13 artists (Penny Candy Books).
The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

Sunday, July 15, 2018

2018 WINNER: One Last Word

The 2018 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award is:

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes (Bloomsbury, 2017).

Thursday, February 16, 2017

2017 WINNER: When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons



The 2017 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award is:




When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano; illustrated by Julie Morstad (Roaring Brook Press 2016).

Friday, February 26, 2016

2016 WINNER: My Seneca Village

This is the 2016 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award:




Nelson, Marilyn. 2015. My Seneca Village. namelos.

2015 WINNERS: Brown Girl Dreaming & Winter Bees

This is the 2015 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award for Older Readers:

Woodson, Jacqueline. 2014. Brown Girl Dreaming. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books. 
This is the 2015 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award for Younger Readers:



Sidman, Joyce. 2014. Winter Bees. Illus. by Rick Allen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Friday, January 31, 2014

2014 WINNER: What the Heart Knows


This is the 2014 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award:





Sidman, Joyce. 2013. What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 

Sunday, February 24, 2013

2013 WINNER: National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry

This is the 2013 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award:


Lewis, J. Patrick. Ed. 2012. The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.