Peace Corps Writers Award for Best Book for Children
This award was first given in 2001.
Awards are presented to books published during the previous year.
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The winners are —
2024
The Fly that Flew Off the Handle
by Jonathan Foret (Tonga 2004-06) and Alexis Braud (illustrator)
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2015
A Hitch at the Fairmont
Jim Averbeck (Cameroon 1990–94)
2015
The Market Bowl
Jim Averbeck (Cameroon 1990–94)
2012
The Megasaurus
5 to 7 years
Thomas Weck (Ethiopia 1965–67)
with Peter Weck and illustrator LenDisalvo
and
How Back-Back Got His Name
5 to 7 years
Thomas Weck (Ethiopia 1965–67)
with Peter Weck and illustrator LenDisalvo
2011
A Small Brown Dog with a Wet Pink Nose
5 to 8 years
Stephanie A. Stuve-Bodeen (Tanzania 1989–91)
with illustrator Linzie Hunter
2010
Stronghold
young adult
Terri McIntyre (Pakistan 1963–65)
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2009
The Butter Man
5 years and up
Elizabeth Letts Alalou (Morocco 1983–86)
with Ali Alalou, and illustrator Julie Klear Eskalli
2008
Beowulf
10 years and up
James Rumford (Chad 1971–74, Afghanistan 1974–75)
and
Baby
young adult
Joseph Monninger (Burkina Faso 1975–77)
2007
The Roaring 20: The First Cross-Country Air Race for Women
10 years and up
Margaret Whitman Blair (Thailand 1975–77)
2006
Circles of Hope
3 to 6 years
Karen Lynn Williams (Malawi 1980–83)
with illustrator Linda Saport
2005
The Biggest Soap
3 to 6 years
Carole Lexa Schaefer (MIcronesia 1967–69)
2004
Imagine a House: A Journey to Fascinating Houses around the World
6 to 11 years
Angela Gustafson ((Dominican Republic 1994–96)
2003
Voices from the Field: Readings and Writing About the World, Ourselves and Others
12 to 18 years
edited by Beth Giebus (Morocco 1990–93)
Cerylle Moffett (Staff PC/W 2001–) and
Betsy Shays (Fiji 1968–70)
2002
Jubella
4 to 8 years
Cristina Kessler (Honduras 1973–75, Kenya 1975–76, Seychelles 1976–78)
with illustrator JoEllen McAllister Stammen
2001
Mama Elizabeti
3 to 7 years
Stephanie A. Bodeen (Tanzania 1989–91)
with illustrator Christy Hale