2009 Winner
Iguana: Revista Para Ninos
Christianne M. Jacobs, Editor
The publication of Iguana: Revista Para Ninos is published by a husband/wife team who have taken on the task of providing a Spanish language multicultural magazine for young readers with Spanish speaking abilities. In its 4th year, Iguana continues to work to promote “Reading, Learning and Enjoying” for children ages 7-12 who grow up learning and speaking Spanish. Iguana aims to instill a pride in young children for their native language by serving as a tool for Spanish language retention and Latino cultural preservation.
2008 Winner
Why Monkeys Live in Trees & Other Stories from Benin
Author: Raouf Mama
Publisher: Curbstone Press, 2006
Raouf Mama is a professor of English at Eastern Connecticut State University. His latest book, “Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin” is one of four books he has published which utilizes the oral tradition of folk tales from his native Benin to expand the mind of readers of all ages to appreciate the similarities in cultural values between Benin and the United States. Over the past fifteen years Mama’s teaching, writing, and storytelling activities have helped to clarify the connections between multicultural issues at the individual level, as well as those in schools, community, and the broader society.
Past Winners
1997 – Skipping Stones Magazine – Arun Toké
1999 – i see the rhythm — Toyomi Igus
2000 – Dragonsong — Russell Young
2001 – New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams – Nancy Gruver
2003 – The Seventh Generation: Native Students Speak About Finding the Good Path — Amy Bergstrom, Linda Miller Cleary, and Thomas D. Peacock
2004 – Sokita Celebrates the New Year: A Cambodian American Holiday By Barbara Lau and Kris Nesbitt, Photographs by Cedric N. Chatterley,Greensboro, North Carolina: Greensboro Historical Society
2005 – Two Worlds Together In Me – Jaime DePina, Gumbo Kids, LLC
2006 - Kahani – A South Asian Literary Magazine for Children – Monika Jain, Editor
2007 – Skipping Stones – An International Multicultural Magazine – Arun Narayan Toke