2024 Goddard-CBC Youth Social Justice Book Prize: Shortlist Announced
THE 2024 YOUTH BOOK PRIZE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE SHORTLIST AND WINNER ANNOUNCED BY GODDARD RIVERSIDE AND THE CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL
New York, NY (Sept. 16, 2024— Goddard Riverside and the Children’s Book Council are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 5th annual Goddard Riverside / CBC Young People’s Book Prize for Social Justice. This literary award recognizes books for children and teens related to urban life and issues that support values such as community, equality, opportunity, mutual understanding, respect, caring, and justice—in accordance with Goddard Riverside’s mission.
The winner is:
Just One Pebble: One Boy’s Quest to End Hunger, by Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky; illus. by Sara Casilda (Clavis Publishing, ISBN 9781605377674, ages 5-10)
The shortlist finalists were:
City Girls, by Loretta Lopez, cover design by Dulcepronto (Triangle Square Books for Young Readers / Seven Stories Press, ISBN 9781644213421, Middle Grade)
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava, by Gary Golio; illus. by E. B. Lewis (Calkins Creek / Astra Books for Young Readers, ISBN 9781662680557, ages 7-10)
Just One Pebble: One Boy’s Quest to End Hunger, by Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky; illus. by Sara Casilda (Clavis Publishing, ISBN 9781605377674, ages 5-10)
Rhythm, by Jackie Azua Kramer; illus. by Taia Morley (Magination Press / American Psychological Association, ISBN 9781433842634, ages 4-8)
The prize is a companion to the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice for adult readers, which is now in its eighth year.
For more information about Goddard, the Award, and the judges.
