2009 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards: Books for Younger Children
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, written and illustrated by Claire A. Nivola (Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. 2008, ISBN: 9780374399184) Compare prices.- "Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, profiles the first woman from Africa to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004). Environmentalist and activist Wangari Maathai founded Kenya's Green Belt Movement (1977) in direct response to the devastated natural resources and poverty caused by the deforestation of her homeland for commercial purposes. In a picture book that glows with orange and green landscapes dotted with bright blue, red, purple and yellow details, Nivola presents Maathai as a steady leader who saw community building as a way to resolve problems…" (Award Media Release)
2009 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards: Books for Older Children
Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. 2008, ISBN: 9780805086744) Compare prices.- ”Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom poignantly explores resistance to slavery and occupation in Cuba in the late 1800's….Free verse poems in four distinct voices intertwine Cuban history, Engle's own family story and historical fiction to create a searing, evocative portrait of healers who worked for peace so young people could '. . have their chance/to dream/of new ways/to feel free . . . '" (Award Media Release)
2009 Jane Addams Honor Book for Younger Children
The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos, by Lucía González, illustrated by Lulu Delacre (Children's Book Press. 2008, ISBN: 9780892392223) Compare prices.Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad, written and illustrated by James Rumford (Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. 2008, ISBN: 9781596432765) Compare prices.
2009 Jane Addams Honor Books for Older Children
The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780888999023) Compare prices.Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry by Scott Reynolds Nelson, with Marc Aronson (National Geographic. 2007, ISBN: 9781426300004) Compare prices.
