Claudia Lewis Award Winners

Given by the Bank Street College of Education, the Claudia Lewis Award, given for the first time in 1998, honors the late Claudia Lewis, distinguished ...more

Winners

	They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,811 ratings Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman 4.26 avg rating — 1,377 ratings Claudia Lewis Award for Younger Readers (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 83,996 ratings Claudia Lewis Award for Older Readers (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings by Joyce Sidman 4.08 avg rating — 492 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar! by J. Patrick Lewis (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 645 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 3,652 ratings Claudia Lewis Award for Older Readers (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems (This book won the Claudia Lewis Award) by Kristine O'Connell George (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 400 ratings Claudia Lewis Award for Younger Readers (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka 4.12 avg rating — 1,266 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman 3.99 avg rating — 3,030 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle 3.95 avg rating — 2,705 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman 4.23 avg rating — 815 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) (Compiler) 4.30 avg rating — 498 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. Janeczko (Compiler) 4.11 avg rating — 928 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices by Walter Dean Myers 4.05 avg rating — 496 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yesterday I Had the Blues by Jeron Ashford Frame 4.25 avg rating — 261 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith 4.02 avg rating — 167 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Dog and Duncan by Kristine O'Connell George (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love That Dog (Jack, #1) by Sharon Creech 4.04 avg rating — 43,978 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. Williams 3.95 avg rating — 288 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mammalabilia by Douglas Florian (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 179 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 4,995 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry by Catherine Clinton 4.45 avg rating — 154 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Ladder: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poems for Young Readers by Liz Rosenberg (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 55 ratings Claudia Lewis Award (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars