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Literacy & Social Responsibility Book Award 2015

The third annual Social Justice Literature Awards in children’s books was officially announced at ILA in St. Louis, Missouri, at the annual meeting of the Literacy & Social Responsibility Special Interest Group. The winning books were selected because they promoted equity, justice, peace, and social responsibility.

There are four 2015 winners. Committee members included Carolyn Cook, Patricia Dean, Kenny Fasching-Varner, Sarah Harrison-Burns, Aimee Rogers, Zanthia Smith, Bethany Stetson, and Joyce Wheaton.

Click on the links within each section below for further information.

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2015 Fiction Award Winners:

Lend a Hand by John Frank (Lee & Low Books)
Book Jacket for Lend a Hand

Voices from the March on Washington by J. Patrick Lewis and George Ella Lyon (Lucky Sky Press)
Book Jacket for Voices from the March on Washington

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2015 Nonfiction Award Winners:

Children Growing Up with War by Jenny Matthews (Candlewick Press)
Book Jacket for Children Growing Up with War

Twenty-Two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo (Lee & Low Books)
Book Jacket for Twenty-Two Cents

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