Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 1994 -- recognizing outstanding books that promote an understanding of cultures, cultivate cooperation and/or encourage a deeper awareness of nature, ecology, and diversity
From Skipping Stones

- 5,070 Resources including
- 376 Videos
- 222 Book Readings
- 514 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2022)
70+ Resources22 Awards

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
50+ Resources16 Awards



Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2022)
45+ Resources8 Awards

Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
40+ Resources11 Awards

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
40+ Resources14 Awards

The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2009)
40+ Resources11 Awards


They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
by David Bowles
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2019)
35+ Resources9 Awards



Fatty Legs: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and Liz Amini-Holmes
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2011)
35+ Resources6 Awards

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2012)
35+ Resources6 Awards

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2014)
35+ Resources10 Awards

Mango, Abuela, and Me
by Meg Medina and Angela Dominguez
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
35+ Resources7 Awards



Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made it from the Dominican Republic All the Way to…
by Matt Tavares
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2016)
30+ Resources7 Awards

Nana Akua Goes to School
by Tricia Elam Walker and April Harrison
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
30+ Resources11 Awards

Rickshaw Girl
by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2008)
25+ Resources5 Awards

Visiting Day
by Jacqueline Woodson and James Ransome
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2003)
25+ Resources2 Awards

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices
by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale, and Inti Ameratsu
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2015)
25+ Resources7 Awards

Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math
by Rajani LaRocca and Archana Sreenivasan
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
25+ Resources3 Awards

Never Forgotten
by Patricia C. McKissack, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2012)
25+ Resources6 Awards

Tea Cakes for Tosh
by Kelly Starling Lyons and E.B. Lewis
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2013)
25+ Resources3 Awards


Tomás and the Library Lady
by Pat Mora and Raúl Colón
(Multicultural and International Honor, 1998)
25+ Resources4 Awards

The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2009)
25+ Resources1 Awards

Ruth and the Green Book
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2011)
25+ Resources4 Awards

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart
by Zetta Elliott and Noa Denmon
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
25+ Resources5 Awards

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2018)
25+ Resources10 Awards

The ABCs of Black History
by Rio Cortez and Lauren Semmer
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
25+ Resources1 Awards

Barbed Wire Baseball
by Marissa Moss and Yuko Shimizu
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2014)
25+ Resources7 Awards


Save Me a Seat
by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2017)
25+ Resources4 Awards

Hear My Voice / Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2022)
25+ Resources8 Awards





Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean
by Patricia Newman and Annie Crawley
(Ecology & Nature Honor, 2022)
20+ Resources4 Awards

Black Boy, Black Boy
by Ali Kamanda, Jorge Redmond, and Ken Daley
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2023)
20+ Resources4 Awards

Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
by Tim Tingle and Jeanne Rorex Bridges
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2007)
20+ Resources7 Awards


René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos
by René Colato Laínez and Fabiola Graullera Ramirez
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2010)
20+ Resources3 Awards

You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2021)
20+ Resources3 Awards

Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
by Karen Levine
(Multicultural and International Honor, 2005)
20+ Resources7 Awards