Other American Library Association Awards for Children's Books, 1998
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
(For books published in 1997)
Also see the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal winnners.
| The Coretta Scott King Award: | (author): |
| Forged by Fire, Sharon Draper (Atheneum); | |
| (illustrator): | |
| In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall, Javaka Steptoe (Lee & Low) | |
| Coretta Scott King Honor Books: | (author): |
| I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly, Joyce Hansen (Scholastic Press); | |
| Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement, James Haskins (Hyperion); | |
| (illustrator): | |
| Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry, Ashley Bryan (Atheneum); | |
| The Hunterman and the Crocodile, Baba Wague Diaktie (Scholastic Press); | |
| Harlem, Christopher Myers (Scholastic Press) |
| The Mildred Batchelder Award, for best book originally published in a foreign language: | The Robber and Me, by Josef Holub, originally published in Germany (Henry Holt & Co.) |
| Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature for Young Adults: | Madeleine L'Engle, a lifetime achievement award |
| The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for lasting contributions to children's literature: | Russell Freedman |
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