Books in Boston Globe–Horn Book Award - Nonfiction
The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the editor in chief of the Horn Book.
2023
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Sunshine | Jarrett J. Krosoczka | Winner | Log In To Like |
2022
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Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre | Brandy Colbert | Winner | Log In To Like |
2021
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From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement | Paula Yoo | Winner | Log In To Like |
2020
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Infinite Hope | Ashley Bryan | Winner | Log In To Like |
2019
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This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality | Jo Ann Alice Boyce | Winner | Log In To Like |
2018
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Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide | Isabel Quintero | Winner | Log In To Like |
2017
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Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers | Deborah Heiligman | Winner | Log In To Like |
2016
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Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War | Steve Sheinkin | Winner | Log In To Like |
2015
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The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia | Candace Fleming | Winner | Log In To Like |
2014
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights | Steve Sheinkin | Winner | Log In To Like |
2013
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Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin | Robert Byrd | Winner | Log In To Like |
2012
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Chuck Close: Face Book | Chuck Close | Winner | Log In To Like |
2011
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery | Steve Sheinkin | Winner | Log In To Like |
2010
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Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary | Elizabeth Partridge | Winner | Log In To Like |
2009
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The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary | Candace Fleming | Winner | Log In To Like |
2008
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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | Peter Sís | Winner | Log In To Like |
2007
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| The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr | Nicolas Debon | Winner | Log In To Like |
2006
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If You Decide to Go to the Moon | Faith McNulty | Winner | Log In To Like |
2005
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird | Phillip Hoose | Winner | Log In To Like |
2004
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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | Jim Murphy | Winner | Log In To Like |
2003
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Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey | Maira Kalman | Winner | Log In To Like |
2002
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This Land was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie | Elizabeth Partridge | Winner | Log In To Like |
2001
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The Longitude Prize | Joan Dash | Winner | Log In To Like |
2000
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Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado | Marc Aronson | Winner | Log In To Like |
1999
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The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest | Steve Jenkins | Winner | Log In To Like |
1998
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Leon's Story | Leon Walter Tillage | Winner | Log In To Like |
1997
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A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder | Walter Wick | Winner | Log In To Like |
1996
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Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story | Andrea Warren | Winner | Log In To Like |
1995
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Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution | Natalie S. Bober | Winner | Log In To Like |
1994
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Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery | Russell Freedman | Winner | Log In To Like |
1993
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Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? | Patricia C. McKissack | Winner | Log In To Like |
1992
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Talking with Artists | Pat Cummings | Winner | Log In To Like |
1991
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Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds | Cynthia Rylant | Winner | Log In To Like |
1990
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The Great Little Madison | Jean Fritz | Winner | Log In To Like |
1989
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The Way Things Work | David Macaulay | Winner | Log In To Like |
1988
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Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave | Virginia Hamilton | Winner | Log In To Like |
1987
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The Pilgrims of Plimoth | Marcia Sewall | Winner | Log In To Like |
1986
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Auks, Rocks, and the Odd Dinosaur | Peggy Thomson | Winner | Log In To Like |
1985
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Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun | Rhoda Blumberg | Winner | Log In To Like |
1984
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The Double Life of Pocahontas | Jean Fritz | Winner | Log In To Like |
1983
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Behind Barbed Wire | Daniel S. Davis | Winner | Log In To Like |
1982
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Upon the Head of the Goat | Aranka Siegal | Winner | Log In To Like |
1981
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The Weaver's Gift | Kathryn Lasky | Winner | Log In To Like |
1980
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Building: The Fight Against Gravity | Mario Salvadori | Winner | Log In To Like |
1979
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The Road from Home | David Kherdian | Winner | Log In To Like |
1978
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Mischling, Second Degree | Ilse Koehn | Winner | Log In To Like |
1977
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Chance, Luck and Destiny | Peter Dickinson | Winner | Log In To Like |
1976
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Voyaging to Cathay | Alfred Tamarin | Winner | Log In To Like |