CABA 2025 Winners
The Winners of the 2025 Children’s Africana Book Awards are:
Best Chapter Books
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| The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Amulet Books, 2024 | With Love, Miss Americanah by Jane Igharo Feiwel and Friends, 2024 |
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| Kwame Crashes the Underworld by Craig Kofi Farmer Roaring Brook Press, 2024 | My Life as a Chameleon by Diana Anyakwo IgKids, 2024 |
Honor Chapter Books
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| The Kingdom of Dust by Lisa Stringfellow Quill Tree Books/ HarperCollins, 2024 | The Smoke that Thunders by Erhu Kome Accord Books/Norton Young Readers, 2024 | Flying Through Water by Mamle Wolo Little Brown/ Hachette, 2024 |
Best Picture Books
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| The Heart Never Forgets by Ana Otaru and Hayden Goodman (Illustrator) Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024 | The Gabi That Girma Wore by Fasika Adefris and Sara Holly Ackerman. Netsanet Tesfay (illustrator) Little Brown/ Hachette, 2024 |
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| Zamzam by Karen Leggett Abouraya and Susan Roth (illustrator) Reycraft Books, 2024 | I'll See You in Ijebu by Bunmi Emenanjo and Diana Ejaita (illustrator) Barefoot Books, 2024 |
Honor Picture Book
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| What Happened on Thursday. A Nigerian Civil War Story by Ayo Oyeku and Lydia Mba (illustrator) Amazon Crossing Kids, 2024 |