Claudia Lewis Poetry Award Teaching Toolbox: July 2018

The 2018 winner of the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award is:

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes (Bloomsbury, 2017).

Claudia Lewis Poetry Award Winners

2017

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano (Roaring Brook Press, 2016)

2016

My Seneca Village by Marilyn Nelson (namelos, 2015)

2015

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2014)

Winter Bees by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)

2014

What the Heart Knows by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)

2013

The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry edited by J. Patrick Lewis (National Geographic, 2012)

2012

Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems by Kristine O'Connell George (Clarion, 2011)

and

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf (Candlewick, 2011)

2011

Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka (Houghton Mifflin, 2010)

2010

Red Sings From Treetops; A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin, 2009)

2009

The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle (Henry Holt, 2008)

2008

Here’s a Little Poem; A Very First Book of Poetry compiled by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters (Candlewick, 2007)

2007

no award

2006

A Kick In The Head An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms compiled by Paul B. Janeczko (Candlewick, 2005)

2005

Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices by Walter Dean Myers (Holiday House, 2004)

2004

The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith (Henry Holt, 2003)

2003

Little Dog and Duncan by Kristine O'Connell George (Clarion, 2002)

2002

Love that Dog by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins, 2001)

and

Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow, 2001)

2001

Mammalabilia by Douglas Florian (Harcourt, 2000)

2000

Stop Pretending; What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones (HarperCollins, 1999)

1999

I, Too, Sing America; Three Centuries of African American Poetry compiled by Catherine Clinton (Houghton Mifflin, 1998)

1998

The Invisible Ladder; An Anthology of Contemporary American Poems for Young Readers compiled by Liz Rosenberg (Henry Holt, 1996)

Claudia Lewis Poetry Award Teaching Toolbox

Here are free resources for sharing award winning poetry books with young people.

Sunday, July 15, 2018

2018 WINNER: One Last Word