Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1993 -- honoring the most outstanding new poetry books
Sponsored by Pennsylvania Center for the Book
![Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/41.jpg)
- 1,404 Resources including
- 121 Videos
- 54 Book Readings
- 158 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 77 book results
![Crossover, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0544107713.jpg)
![Punching the Air](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0062996487.jpg)
![Other Words for Home](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0062747800.jpg)
![Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1481435221.jpg)
![Martin Rising: Requiem for a King](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0545702534.jpg)
Martin Rising: Requiem for a King
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
(Winner, 2019)
37 Resources7 Awards
![1619 Project, The: Born on the Water](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0593307356.jpg)
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith
(Winner, 2022)
37 Resources12 Awards
![Surrender Tree, The: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0805086749.jpg)
![Garvey's Choice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1629797405.jpg)
![Jazz](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823415457.jpg)
![On the Horizon](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0358129400.jpg)
![Blues Journey](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0823416135.jpg)
![Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0547152280.jpg)
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen
(Honor, 2011)
31 Resources8 Awards
![One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1619635542.jpg)
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
(Winner, 2018)
29 Resources11 Awards
![Wreath for Emmett Till, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0618397523.jpg)
![How to Read a Book](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0062307819.jpg)
![Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0805089950.jpg)
Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
by Lee Wardlaw and Eugene Yelchin
(Winner, 2012)
26 Resources8 Awards
![One Thing You'd Save, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1328515133.jpg)
![You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1534432825.jpg)
![Rutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems about Our Presidents](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1423171004.jpg)
Rutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems about Our Presidents
by Marilyn Singer and John Hendrix
(Honor, 2014)
24 Resources2 Awards
![Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0618135472.jpg)
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
by Joyce Sidman and Beckie Prange
(Winner, 2006)
23 Resources8 Awards
![Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823418537.jpg)
![Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0763648426.jpg)
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko and Melissa Sweet
(Honor, 2015)
23 Resources10 Awards
![Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/081187284X.jpg)
![Garvey in the Dark](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1635925266.jpg)
![This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0618616802.jpg)
This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
(Honor, 2008)
20 Resources2 Awards
![Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0998799947.jpg)
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy
by Tony Medina, Javaka Steptoe, R. Gregory Christie, and Ekua Holmes
(Honor, 2019)
20 Resources4 Awards
![Welcome to the Wonder House](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/86689_hi.jpg)
Welcome to the Wonder House
by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Georgia Heard, and Deborah Freedman
(Winner, 2024)
20 Resources5 Awards
![Birmingham, 1963](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1590784405.jpg)
![Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/160060451X.jpg)
Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
by Andrea Cheng
(Winner, 2014)
19 Resources5 Awards
![My Seneca Village](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1608981967.jpg)
![Way a Door Closes, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/080506477X.jpg)
![Other Side, The: Shorter Poems](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0531301141.jpg)
![Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1554988497.jpg)
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds
by Jorge Argueta and Alfonso Ruano
(Winner, 2017)
18 Resources8 Awards
![Poke in the I, A: A Collection of Concrete Poems](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763606618.jpg)
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
(Honor, 2002)
17 Resources4 Awards
![Creature Carnival](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0786818778.jpg)
![Rainbow Hand, The: Poems about Mothers and Children](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0689821484.jpg)
The Rainbow Hand: Poems about Mothers and Children
by Janet S. Wong and Jennifer Hewitson
(Honor, 2000)
16 Resources1 Awards
![Diamond Willow](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0374317763.jpg)
![Museum on the Moon, The: The Curious Objects on the Lunar Surface](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1638192030.jpg)
The Museum on the Moon: The Curious Objects on the Lunar Surface
by Irene Latham and Myriam Wares
(Honor, 2024)
15 Resources3 Awards
![Sing to the Sun: Poems and Pictures](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0064434370.jpg)
![Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0375831630.jpg)
Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt
by Patricia C. McKissack and Cozbi A. Cabrera
(Honor, 2009)
14 Resources2 Awards
![Animal Sense](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0375823840.jpg)
![Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0688169635.jpg)
![A Maze Me: Poems for Girls](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0060581891.jpg)
![Crossing Stones](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0374316538.jpg)
![Beast Feast](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0152017372.jpg)
![Poem Grows Inside You, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/194314799X.jpg)
![Great Frog Race and Other Poems, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0395776074.jpg)
The Great Frog Race and Other Poems
by Kristine O'Connell George and Kate Kiesler
(Winner, 1998)
12 Resources2 Awards