Once Upon a World Children's Book Award, 1996-2014
Resources for the titles recognized by this award from its inception in 1996 to its final year in 2014 -- honoring children's books which focus on topics related to tolerance, diversity, and social justice.
Sponsored by Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance
![Once Upon a World Children's Book Award, 1996-2014](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/85.jpeg)
- 391 Resources including
- 21 Videos
- 19 Book Readings
- 33 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-26 of 26 book results
![Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1606869396.jpg)
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
(Winner, 2011)
34 Resources8 Awards
![Ellington Was Not a Street](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0689828845.jpg)
![Nation's Hope, A: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0803731671.jpg)
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
by Matt de la Peña and Kadir Nelson
(Winner, 2012)
24 Resources5 Awards
![Marcelo in the Real World](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0545054745.jpg)
![Barbed Wire Baseball](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1419705210.jpg)
![Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0689847874.jpg)
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
by Laurie Halse Anderson and Matt Faulkner
(Winner, 2003)
20 Resources1 Awards
![Through My Eyes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0590189239.jpg)
![Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0823420310.jpg)
![Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0822567644.jpg)
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
(Winner, 2010)
20 Resources7 Awards
![Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0374399182.jpg)
![Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0688139035.jpg)
Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English
by Alma Flor Ada and Simon Silva
(Winner, 1998)
18 Resources5 Awards
![Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0545399971.jpg)
![Freedom Summer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0689830165.jpg)
![Blood Lie, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1933693843.jpg)
![Wagon, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0688134572.jpg)
![Year of Miss Agnes, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0689829337.jpg)
![Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1584302763.jpg)
Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku
by Ellie Crowe and Richard Waldrep
(Winner, 2008)
10 Resources3 Awards
![Day Gogo Went to Vote, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0613228375.jpg)
The Day Gogo Went to Vote
by Elinor Batezat Sisulu and Sharon Wilson
(Winner, 1997)
10 Resources6 Awards
![So Far from the Sea](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0395720958.jpg)
![School for Pompey Walker, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/015200114X.jpg)
A School for Pompey Walker
by Michael J. Rosen and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
(Winner, 1996)
9 Resources1 Awards
![Jeannette Rankin: Political Pioneer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1590784375.jpg)
![Hero on a Bicycle](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076366037X.jpg)
![Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0802853196.jpg)
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
by Pat Sherman and Floyd Cooper
(Winner, 2011)
7 Resources1 Awards
![Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1582460981.jpg)
Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen
by Michelle Roehm McCann, Luba Tryszynka-Frederick, and Ann Marshall
(Winner, 2004)
6 Resources3 Awards
![Doll with the Yellow Star, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0805063374.jpg)
The Doll with the Yellow Star
by Yona Zeldis McDonough and Kimberly Bulcken Root
(Winner, 2006)
5 Resources1 Awards