Aesop Prize Winners

Awarded to the most outstanding book or books incorporating folklore and published in English for children or young adults. The Aesop Prize committee also compiles an extremely useful Aesop Accolade List, an annual roster of exceptional books from among Aesop Prize nominees. See the Criteria for this award.

1997 Aesop Prize Winners:

• The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale. Text by Robert D. San Souci. Illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997.

• Earth Tales From Around the World. Text by Michael J. Caduto. Illustrations by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol. Fulcrum Publishing, 1997.

1997 Aesop Prize and Accolade List

1996 Aesop Prize Winners:

• Next Year in Jerusalem. Retold by Howard Schwartz and illustrated by Neil Waldman. NY: Viking, 1996.

• Nursery Tales Around the World. Retold by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Stefano Vitale. NY: Clarion Books, 1996.

1996 Aesop Prize and Accolade List

1995 Aesop Prize Winner:

• Fair is Fair: World Folktales of Justice, by Sharon Creeden. Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, 1994.

1995 Aesop Prize and Accolade List

1994 Aesop Prize Winner:

• John Henry. Retold by Julius Lester. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Books, 1994.

1994 Aesop Prize and Accolade List