Jane Addams Book Award to be presented

Since 1953 the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award annually acknowledges books published in the United States during the previous year that address themes or topics that engage children in thinking about peace, justice, world community, and/or equality of the sexes and all races. This year's winner in the Younger Children category is The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom by Emily Arnold McCully (Farrar Straus Giroux). The winner in the Older Children category is We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin by Larry Dane Brimmer (Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills).

The award winners were named earlier this year, and the awards will be presented in October. For further information, including a list of honor books, visit the Jane Addams Peace Association website.