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The '''Christopher Award''' (established 1949) is presented to the producers, directors, and writers of [[books]], [[Film|films]] and [[television]] specials that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit".<ref>[http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=217 The Christopher Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015190605/http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=217 |date=2015-10-15 }}, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2011.</ref> It is given by [[The Christophers]], a Christian organization founded in 1945 by the [[Maryknoll]] priest [[James Keller]].
The '''Christopher Award''' (established 1949) is presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, films and television specials that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit".<ref>[http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=217 The Christopher Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015190605/http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=217 |date=October 15, 2015 }}, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2011.</ref> It is given by [[The Christophers]], a Christian organization founded in 1945 by the [[Maryknoll]] priest [[James Keller (priest)|James Keller]].

The 2016 Christopher Awards were announced on March 30, 2016, and were presented in a ceremony in [[New York City]] on May 19.<ref name="67th">[http://www.christophers.org/release---awards-2016 The 67th annual Christopher Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711031011/http://www.christophers.org/release---awards-2016 |date=2016-07-11 }}, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2016.</ref>


==Judging process==
==Judging process==
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=== Christopher Leadership Awards ===
=== Christopher Leadership Awards ===
*2002 [[Rudy Giuliani]]
*2011 Scotty Smiley<ref>[http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=1293 The Christopher's page on Scotty Smiley]</ref>
*2004 Father [[John T. Catoir]]
*2005 [[Sargent Shriver]]
*2008 Cardinal [[John Patrick Foley]]
*2008 Cardinal [[John Patrick Foley]]
*2011 Scotty Smiley<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=1293 |title=The Christopher's page on Scotty Smiley |access-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717204929/http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=1293 |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2005 [[Sargent Shriver]]
*2004 Father [[John T. Catoir]]
*2002 [[Rudy Giuliani]]


=== Christopher Life Achievement Award ===
=== Christopher Life Achievement Award ===
*2018 [[Ken Burns]]<ref>[https://www.christophers.org/christopherawardwinner Christopher Award Winner]</ref>
*2016 [[Ernie Anastos]]<ref name="67th special">[http://www.christophers.org/special-awards-2016 The 67th annual Christopher Awards Special Awards], The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2016.</ref>
*2012 Mother [[Dolores Hart]]<ref>[http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=1390 The Christopher's page on Dolores Hart]</ref>
*2008 [[David McCullough]]
*2006 [[Dave Brubeck]]
*2005 [[Robert Coles (psychiatrist)|Robert Coles]]
*2004 [[Art Linkletter]]
*2003 [[Mary Higgins Clark]]
*2003 [[Mary Higgins Clark]]
*2004 [[Art Linkletter]]
*2005 [[Robert Coles (psychiatrist)|Robert Coles]]
*2006 [[Dave Brubeck]]
*2008 [[David McCullough]]
*2012 Mother [[Dolores Hart]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=1390 |title=The Christopher's page on Dolores Hart |access-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620200208/http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=1390 |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2016 [[Ernie Anastos]]<ref name="67th special">[http://www.christophers.org/special-awards-2016 The 67th annual Christopher Awards Special Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609165326/http://christophers.org/special-awards-2016 |date=June 9, 2016 }}, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2016.</ref>
*2018 [[Ken Burns]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.christophers.org/christopherawardwinner |title=Christopher Award Winner |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111439/https://www.christophers.org/christopherawardwinner |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Christopher Spirit Award ===
=== Christopher Spirit Award ===
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=== James Keller Award ===
=== James Keller Award ===
*2004 [[Caroll Spinney]]
*2012 [[Marty Lyons]]<ref>[http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=1389 The Christopher's page on Marty Lyons]</ref>
*2011 Shannon Hickey<ref>[http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=1294 The Christopher's page on Shannon Hickey]</ref>
*2005 [[Pat LaFontaine]]
*2005 [[Pat LaFontaine]]
*2011 Shannon Hickey<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=1294 |title=The Christopher's page on Shannon Hickey |access-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329054414/http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=1294 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2004 [[Caroll Spinney]]
*2012 [[Marty Lyons]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=1389 |title=The Christopher's page on Marty Lyons |access-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820104050/http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=1389 |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


=== Books for Adults ===
=== Books for Adults ===


1987
2016<ref name="67th"/>
* [[Kaffir_Boy|Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Burlingame-schools-pull-8th-grade-book-from-class-2565501.php |title=SFGate: Burlingame Schools Pull 8th Grade Book From Class |date=April 12, 2007 |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043954/https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Burlingame-schools-pull-8th-grade-book-from-class-2565501.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Five Years in Heaven: The Unlikely Friendship That Answered Life’s Greatest Questions'' by [[John Schlimm]] (Image Books/Crown Publishing)
* ''The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare'' by Marcy Cottrell Houle and Elizabeth Eckstrom (Taylor Trade Publishing/Rowan & Littlefield)
* ''One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York'' by Arthur Browne (Beacon Press)
* ''Tough As They Come by Travis Mills'' with Marcus Brotherton (Convergent Books/Crown Publishing)
* ''Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America'' by Joseph Kim with Stephan Talty (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
* ''The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, a Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken'' by [[Wendell Pierce]] (Riverhead Books/Random House)


2001<ref name=52nd/>
2015
* Aging with Grace, by David Snowdon, PhD (Bantam Books)
* ''The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War'' by [[Yochi Dreazen]] (Crown Publishers).
* Choosing Mercy, by Antoinette Bosco (Orbis Books)
* Freedom's Daughters, by Lynne Olson (Scribner)
* An Hour Before Daylight, by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster)
* John Adams, by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)
* Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, LLC)


2002
2014<ref name=pr2014/>
* ''Aging with Grace'' by [[David Snowdon]], PhD
* ''American Story: A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things'' by Bob Dotson (Viking Press/Penguin Group)
* ''Choosing Mercy'' by [[Antoinette Bosco]]
* ''Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters'' by Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith (Loyola Press)
* ''Freedom's Daughters'' by [[Lynne Olson]]
* ''The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier, and Korean War Hero'' by Roy Wenzl and Travis Heying (Ignatius Press)
* ''An Hour Before Daylight'' by [[Jimmy Carter]]
* ''On These Courts: A Miracle Season That Changed a City, a Once-Future Star, and a Team Forever'' by Wayne B. Drash (Touchstone Books/Simon and Schuster)
* ''[[John Adams (book)|John Adams]]'' by [[David McCullough]]
* ''Walk In Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World?'' by Jim Ziolkowski with James S. Hirsch (Simon and Schuster)
* ''[[Nickel and Dimed]]'' by [[Barbara Ehrenreich]]

2003
* ''Choosing Naia: A Family’s Journey'' by [[Mitchell Zuckoff]]
* ''[[The Day the World Came to Town|The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland]]'' by [[Jim DeFede]]
* '' Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, The Arctic Hero Time Forgot'' by [[Ken McGoogan]]
* ''[[Five Past Midnight in Bhopal]]'' by [[Dominique Lapierre]] & Javier Moro
* ''Jim's Last Summer: Lessons on Living from a Dying Priest'' by Teresa Rhodes McGee
* ''Standing on Holy Ground: A Triumph Over Hate Crime in the Deep South'' by Sandra E. Johnson


2013
* ''Carly’s Voice'' by Arthur Fleischmann and Carly Fleischmann
* ''Fearless'' by [[Eric Blehm]]
* ''A Good Man'' by Mark Shriver
* ''My Sisters the Saints'' by Colleen Carroll Campbell
* ''Road to Valor'' by Aili and Andres McConnon
2012
* ''A Good and Perfect Gift'' by Julia Becker
* ''An Invisible Thread'' by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
* ''I Shall Not Hate'' by [[Izzeldin Abuelaish]]
* ''Kisses from Katie'' by Katie Davis and Beth Clark
* ''Little Princes'' by Conor Grennan
2011
* ''Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy'' by [[Eric Metaxas]]
* ''The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything'' by [[James Martin (Jesuit)|James Martin]]
* ''Thea’s Song: The Life of [[Thea Bowman]]'' by Charlene Smith and John Feister
* ''[[Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption]]'' by [[Laura Hillenbrand]]
* ''[[Washington: A Life]]'' by [[Ron Chernow]]
2010
* ''A. Lincoln: A Biography'' by Ronald C. White, Jr.
* ''[[Stones into Schools]]'' by [[Greg Mortenson]]
* ''Strength in What Remains'' by [[Tracy Kidder]]
* ''Wrestling with Moses: How [[Jane Jacobs]] Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City'' by Anthony Flint
2009
* ''Alex & Me'' by [[Irene Pepperberg]]
* ''American-Made—The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work'' by Nick Taylor
* ''Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives'' by [[Jim Sheeler]]
* ''Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America'' by [[Steven Waldman]]
* ''[[The Soloist]]: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music'' by [[Steve Lopez]]
* ''Until Our Last Breath: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance'' by Michael Bart and Laurel Corona
2008
* ''[[Brother, I'm Dying]]'' by [[Edwidge Danticat]]
* ''The Florist's Daughter'' by [[Patricia Hempl]]
* ''The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers'' by [[Harry Bernstein]]
* ''The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness'' by [[Michael Stein]], M.D.
* ''[[A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier]]'' by [[Ishmael Beah]]
* ''A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom'' by [[David W. Blight]]
2007
* ''Barefootin': Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom'' by [[Unita Blackwell]] with JoAnne Prichard Morris
* ''[[Enrique's Journey]]'' by [[Sonia Nazario]]
* ''[[The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief]]'' by [[Francis Collins]]
* ''Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust'' by [[Immaculée Ilibagiza]] with Steve Erwin
* ''The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East'' by [[Sandy Tolan]]
* ''My Life with the Saints'' by [[James Martin (Jesuit)|James Martin]]
2006
* ''The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions'' by Sister [[Helen Prejean]]
* ''[[The Glass Castle]]'' by [[Jeannette Walls]]
* ''One Soldier’s Story: A Memoir'' by [[Bob Dole]]
* ''The Prison Angel: [[Mother Antonia]]’s Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail'' by [[Mary Jordan (journalist)|Mary Jordan]] & Kevin Sullivan
* ''[[They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky]]'' by [[Benson Deng]], [[Alephonsion Deng]] & Benjamin Ajak, with Judy A. Bernstein
2005
* ''[[Anatomy of Hope]]'' by [[Jerome Groopman]], M.D.
* ''[[Blood Done Sign My Name]]'' by [[Timothy Tyson]]
* ''The Freedom Line'' by [[Peter Eisner]]
* ''I Am a Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories'' by [[Sam Swope]]
* ''Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir'' by [[Neely Tucker]]
* ''[[Mao's Last Dancer (book)|Mao’s Last Dancer: A Memoir]]'' by [[Li Cunxin (dancer)|Li Cunxin]]
2004
2004
* ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]'' by [[Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela]]
* ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]'' by [[Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela]]
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* ''Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America'' by [[John J. Fialka]]
* ''Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America'' by [[John J. Fialka]]
* ''Triangle: The Fire That Changed America'' by [[David Von Drehle]]
* ''Triangle: The Fire That Changed America'' by [[David Von Drehle]]
2003
* ''Choosing Naia: A Family’s Journey'' by [[Mitchell Zuckoff]]
* ''The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland'' by [[Jim DeFede]]
* '' Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, The Arctic Hero Time Forgot'' by [[Ken McGoogan]]
* ''[[Five Past Midnight in Bhopal]]'' by [[Dominique Lapierre]] & Javier Moro
* ''Jim's Last Summer: Lessons on Living from a Dying Priest'' by Teresa Rhodes McGee
* ''Standing on Holy Ground: A Triumph Over Hate Crime in the Deep South'' by Sandra E. Johnson
2002
* ''Aging with Grace'' by [[David Snowdon]], Ph.D.
* ''Choosing Mercy'' by [[Antoinette Bosco]]
* ''Freedom’s Daughters'' by [[Lynne Olson]]
* ''An Hour Before Daylight'' by [[Jimmy Carter]]
* ''[[John Adams (book)|John Adams]]'' by [[David McCullough]]
* ''[[Nickel and Dimed]]'' by [[Barbara Ehrenreich]]
2001<ref name=52nd/>
* Aging with Grace, by David Snowdon, Ph.D. (Bantam Books)
* Choosing Mercy, by Antoinette Bosco (Orbis Books)
* Freedom’s Daughters, by Lynne Olson (Scribner)
* An Hour Before Daylight, by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster)
* John Adams, by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)
* Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, LLC)


2005
1987
* ''[[Anatomy of Hope]]'' by [[Jerome Groopman]], M.D.
* [[Kaffir_Boy|Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa]] <ref>[https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Burlingame-schools-pull-8th-grade-book-from-class-2565501.php SFGate: Burlingame Schools Pull 8th Grade Book From Class]</ref>
* ''[[Blood Done Sign My Name]]'' by [[Timothy Tyson]]
* ''The Freedom Line'' by [[Peter Eisner]]
* ''I Am a Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories'' by [[Sam Swope]]
* ''Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir'' by [[Neely Tucker]]
* ''[[Mao's Last Dancer (book)|Mao's Last Dancer: A Memoir]]'' by [[Li Cunxin (dancer)|Li Cunxin]]


2006
=== Books for Young People ===
* ''The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions'' by Sister [[Helen Prejean]]
* ''[[The Glass Castle]]'' by [[Jeannette Walls]]
* ''One Soldier's Story: A Memoir'' by [[Bob Dole]]
* ''The Prison Angel: [[Mother Antonia]]’s Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail'' by [[Mary Jordan (journalist)|Mary Jordan]] & Kevin Sullivan
* ''[[They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky]]'' by [[Benson Deng]], [[Alephonsion Deng]] & Benjamin Ajak, with Judy A. Bernstein


2007
2016 <ref name="67th"/>
* ''Barefootin': Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom'' by [[Unita Blackwell]] with JoAnne Prichard Morris
* Preschool and up: ''One Good Deed'' by Terri Fields, illustrated by Deborah Melmon (Kar-Ben Publishing)
* ''[[Enrique's Journey]]'' by [[Sonia Nazario]]
* Kindergarten and up: ''An Invisible Thread Christmas Story'' by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski, illustrated by Barry Root (Little Simon/Simon & Schuster)
* ''[[The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief]]'' by [[Francis Collins]]
* Ages 6 and up: ''Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton'' by Don Tate (Peachtree Publishers)
* ''Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust'' by [[Immaculée Ilibagiza]] with Steve Erwin
* Ages 8 and up: ''Katie’s Cabbage'' by Katie Stagliano with Michelle H. Martin, illustrated by Karen Heid (Young Palmetto Books/University of South Carolina Press)
* ''[[The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East]]'' by [[Sandy Tolan]]
* Ages 10 and up: ''Firefly Hollow'' by [[Alison McGhee]], illustrated by Christopher Denise (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
* ''My Life with the Saints'' by [[James J. Martin (priest)|James Martin]]
* Young Adult: ''Paper Hearts'' by Meg Wiviott (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster)


2008
2014<ref name=pr2014/>
* ''[[Brother, I'm Dying]]'' by [[Edwidge Danticat]]
* Preschool and up: ''Maya Was Grumpy'' written and illustrated by Courtney Pippin-Mathur (Flashlight Press)
* ''The Florist's Daughter'' by [[Patricia Hempl]]
* Kindergarten and up: ''Year of the Jungle: Memories from the Home Front'' by [[Suzanne Collins]], illustrated by James Proimos (Scholastic Press)
* ''The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers'' by [[Harry Bernstein]]
* Ages 6 and up: ''The Matchbox Diary'' by [[Paul Fleischman]], illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Candlewick Press)
* ''The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness'' by [[Michael Stein]], M.D.
* Ages 8 and up: ''[[Flora & Ulysses]]'' by [[Kate DiCamillo]], illustrated by K.G. Campbell (Candlewick Press)
* ''[[A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier]]'' by [[Ishmael Beah]]
* Ages 10 and up: ''The Boy On the Wooden Box'' by [[Leon Leyson]] with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing)
* ''A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom'' by [[David W. Blight]]

2009
* ''Alex & Me'' by [[Irene Pepperberg]]
* ''American-Made—The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work'' by Nick Taylor
* ''Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives'' by [[Jim Sheeler]]
* ''Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America'' by [[Steven Waldman]]
* ''[[The Soloist]]: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music'' by [[Steve Lopez]]
* ''Until Our Last Breath: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance'' by Michael Bart and Laurel Corona

2010
* ''A. Lincoln: A Biography'' by Ronald C. White, Jr.
* ''[[Stones into Schools]]'' by [[Greg Mortenson]]
* ''Strength in What Remains'' by [[Tracy Kidder]]
* ''Wrestling with Moses: How [[Jane Jacobs]] Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City'' by Anthony Flint

2011
* ''Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy'' by [[Eric Metaxas]]
* ''The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything'' by [[James J. Martin (priest)|James Martin]]
* ''Thea's Song: The Life of [[Thea Bowman]]'' by Charlene Smith and John Feister
* ''[[Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption]]'' by [[Laura Hillenbrand]]
* ''[[Washington: A Life]]'' by [[Ron Chernow]]

2012
* ''A Good and Perfect Gift'' by Julia Becker
* ''An Invisible Thread'' by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
* ''[[I Shall Not Hate]]'' by [[Izzeldin Abuelaish]]
* ''Kisses from Katie'' by Katie Davis and Beth Clark
* ''Little Princes'' by Conor Grennan


2013
2013
* ''Carly’s Voice'' by Arthur Fleischmann and Carly Fleischmann
* ''Forever You: A Book About Your Soul and Body'' by Nicole Lataif with illustrations by Mary Rojas
* ''Fearless'' by [[Eric Blehm]]
* ''The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore'' by [[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]] with illustrations by Joe Bluhm
* ''A Good Man'' by Mark Shriver
* ''The House on Dirty-Third Street'' by [[Jo Kittinger|Jo S. Kittinger]] with illustrations by Thomas Gonzalez
* ''My Sisters the Saints'' by Colleen Carroll Campbell
* ''[[The One and Only Ivan]]'' by [[Katherine Applegate]] with illustrations by Patricia Castelao
* ''Road to Valor'' by Aili and Andres McConnon
* ''[[Wonder (R.J. Palacio novel)|Wonder]]'' by [[R.J. Palacio]]

* ''Outcasts United'' by [[Warren St. John]]
2014<ref name=pr2014/>
* ''American Story: A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things'' by Bob Dotson (Viking Press/Penguin Group)
* ''Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters'' by Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith (Loyola Press)
* ''The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier, and Korean War Hero'' by Roy Wenzl and Travis Heying (Ignatius Press)
* ''On These Courts: A Miracle Season That Changed a City, a Once-Future Star, and a Team Forever'' by Wayne B. Drash (Touchstone Books/Simon and Schuster)
* ''Walk In Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World?'' by Jim Ziolkowski with James S. Hirsch (Simon and Schuster)

2015
* ''The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War'' by [[Yochi Dreazen]] (Crown Publishers).

2016<ref name="67th">[http://www.christophers.org/release---awards-2016 The 67th annual Christopher Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711031011/http://www.christophers.org/release---awards-2016 |date=July 11, 2016 }}, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2016.</ref>
* ''Five Years in Heaven: The Unlikely Friendship That Answered Life’s Greatest Questions'' by [[John Schlimm]] (Image Books/Crown Publishing)
* ''The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare'' by Marcy Cottrell Houle and Elizabeth Eckstrom (Taylor Trade Publishing/Rowman & Littlefield)
* ''One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York'' by Arthur Browne (Beacon Press)
* ''Tough As They Come by Travis Mills'' with Marcus Brotherton (Convergent Books/Crown Publishing)
* ''Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America'' by Joseph Kim with Stephan Talty (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
* ''The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, a Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken'' by [[Wendell Pierce]] (Riverhead Books/Random House)

=== Books for Young People ===

2001<ref name=52nd/>
* Ages 6–8: ''How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?'' by [[Jane Yolen]], illustrated by [[Mark Teague]] (The Blue Sky Press/Scholastic Inc.)
* Ages 9–10: ''The Mousery'' by Charlotte Pomerantz, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus (Gulliver Books/Harcourt, Inc.)
* Ages 11–12: ''The Yellow Star'' by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Henri Sørensen (Peachtree Publishers, Ltd.)
* Ages 11–12: ''Hope Was Here'' by Joan Bauer (G. P. Putnam's Sons)
* Young Adult: ''The Wanderer'' by [[Sharon Creech]] (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Publishers)

2002
* ''Kiss Good Night'' by [[Amy Hest]] with illustrations by [[Anita Jeram]]
* Ages 6–8: ''[[Beatrice's Goat]]'' by [[Page McBrier]] with illustrations by [[Lori Lohstoeter]]
* Ages 8–10: ''[[Love That Dog]]'' by [[Sharon Creech]]
* Ages 10–12: ''[[Uncle Daddy]]'' by [[Ralph Fletcher]]
* Young Adult: ''[[Soldier X]]'' by [[Don L. Wulffson]] and ''[[Witness (Karen Hesse novel)|Witness]]'' by [[Karen Hesse]]

2003
* ''People Mole and the Baby Bird'' by Marjorie Newman with illustrations by [[Patrick Benson]]
* Ages 6–8: ''Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School'' written and illustrated by [[Mark Teague]]
* Ages 8–10: ''The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool'' by Margaret Gray with illustrations by Randy Cecil
* Ages 10–12: ''[[Pictures of Hollis Woods]]'' by [[Patricia Reilly Giff]]
* Young Adult: ''Left for Dead'' by Pete Nelson

2004
* Preschool: ''Little Bear’s Little Boat'' by [[Eve Bunting]] with illustrations by [[Nancy Carpenter]]
* Ages 6–8: ''[[The Dot (book)|The Dot]]'' written and illustrated by [[Peter H. Reynolds]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez'' by [[Kathleen Krull]] with illustrations by [[Yuyi Morales]]
* Ages 10–12: ''Iqbal'' by Francesco D’Adamo
* Young Adult: ''[[The Silent Boy]]'' by [[Lois Lowry]]

2005
* Preschool: ''Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo'' by [[Karma Wilson]] with illustrations by [[Doug Cushman]]
* Ages 6–8: ''The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey'' written and illustrated by [[Demi (author)|Demi]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Shredderman: Secret Identity'' by [[Wendelin Van Draanen]] with illustrations by [[Brian Biggs]]
* Ages 10–12: ''The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts'' by [[Richard Peck (writer)|Richard Peck]]
* Young Adult: ''Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq'' by [[Thura Al Windawi]]

2006
* Preschool: ''Am I a Color Too?'' by Heidi Cole & Nancy Vogl with illustrations by [[Gerald Purnell]] (Preschool)
* Ages 6–8: ''I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote'' by Linda Arms White with illustrations by [[Nancy Carpenter]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Game Day'' by [[Tiki Barber]] and [[Ronde Barber]] with [[Robert Burleigh]], illustrations by Barry Root
* Ages 10–12: ''Friendship According to Humphrey'' by [[Betty G. Birney]]
* Young Adult: ''Hitch'' by Jeanette Ingold

2007
* Preschool: ''Hero Cat'' by [[Eileen Spinelli]] with illustrations by Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen
* Ages 6–8: ''How We Are Smart'' by W. Nikola-Lisa with illustrations by [[Sean Qualls]]
* Ages 8–10: ''[[The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane]]'' by [[Kate DiCamillo]] with illustrations by [[Bagram Ibatoulline]]
* Ages 10–12: ''Listen!'' by [[Stephanie S. Tolan]]
* Young Adult: ''[[Bread and Roses, Too]]'' by [[Katherine Paterson]]

2008
* Preschool: ''Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things That Make Me Happy'' by [[Scott Menchin]]
* Ages 6–8: ''How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?'' by [[Margaret McNamara]] with illustrations by [[G. Brian Karas]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship'' by [[Isabella Hatkoff]], [[Craig Hatkoff]], and [[Paula Kahumbu|Dr. Paula Kahumbu]] with photographs by [[Peter Greste]]
* Ages 10–12: ''[[The Wild Girls]]'' by [[Pat Murphy (writer)|Pat Murphy]]
* Young Adult: ''Diamonds in the Shadow'' by [[Caroline B. Cooney]]

2009
* Preschool: ''Close to You: How Animals Bond'' by Kimiko Kajikawa
* Ages 6–8: ''That Book Woman'' by [[Heather Henson (writer)|Heather Henson]] with illustrations by [[David Small]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Clementine's Letter'' by [[Sara Pennypacker]] with illustrations by [[Marla Frazee]]
* Ages 10–12: ''Shooting the Moon'' by Frances O’Roark Dowell
* Young Adult: ''Sunrise Over Fallujah'' by [[Walter Dean Myers]]

2010
* Preschool: ''Ten Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story'' by Yumi Heo
* Ages 6–8: ''Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle'' by Major Brian Dennis, [[Kirby Larson]], & Mary Nethery
* Ages 8–10: ''Most Loved in All the World'' by Tonya Cherie Hegamin with illustrations by Cozbi A. Cabrera
* Ages 10–12: ''[[Extra Credit]]'' by [[Andrew Clements]] with illustrations by Mark Elliott
* Young Adult: ''A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean'' by [[Tori Murden]]

2011
* ''[[Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion]]'' by [[Mo Willems]]
* ''Would You Still Love Me If...'' by Wendy LaGuardia with illustrations by Patricia Keeler
* ''Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery'' by Father Dominic Garramone
* ''Lafayette and the American Revolution'' by [[Russell Freedman]]

2012
2012
* ''Shine: Choices to Make God Smile'' by Genny Monchamp with illustrations by Karol Kaminski
* ''Shine: Choices to Make God Smile'' by Genny Monchamp with illustrations by Karol Kaminski
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* ''Words in the Dust'' by Trent Reedy
* ''Words in the Dust'' by Trent Reedy
* ''Close to Famous'' by [[Joan Bauer (novelist)|Joan Bauer]]
* ''Close to Famous'' by [[Joan Bauer (novelist)|Joan Bauer]]
2011
* ''[[Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion]]'' by [[Mo Willems]]
* ''Would You Still Love Me If...'' by Wendy LaGuardia with illustrations by Patricia Keeler
* ''Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery'' by Father Dominic Garramone
* ''Lafayette and the American Revolution'' by [[Russell Freedman]]
2010
* Preschool: ''Ten Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story'' by Yumi Heo
* Ages 6–8: ''Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle'' by Major Brian Dennis, [[Kirby Larson]], & Mary Nethery
* Ages 8–10: ''Most Loved in All the World'' by Tonya Cherie Hegamin with illustrations by Cozbi A. Cabrera
* Ages 10–12: ''[[Extra Credit]]'' by [[Andrew Clements]] with illustrations by Mark Elliott
* Young Adult: ''A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean'' by [[Tori Murden]]
2009
* Preschool: ''Close to You: How Animals Bond'' by Kimiko Kajikawa
* Ages 6–8: ''That Book Woman'' by [[Heather Henson]] with illustrations by [[David Small]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Clementine’s Letter'' by [[Sara Pennypacker]] with illustrations by [[Marla Frazee]]
* Ages 10–12: ''Shooting the Moon'' by Frances O’Roark Dowell
* Young Adult: ''Sunrise Over Fallujah'' by [[Walter Dean Myers]]
2008
* Preschool: ''Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things That Make Me Happy'' by [[Scott Menchin]]
* Ages 6–8: ''How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?'' by [[Margaret McNamara]] with illustrations by [[G. Brian Karas]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship'' by [[Isabella Hatkoff]], [[Craig Hatkoff]], and [[Paula Kahumbu|Dr. Paula Kahumbu]] with photographs by [[Peter Greste]]
* Ages 10–12: ''[[The Wild Girls]]'' by [[Pat Murphy (writer)|Pat Murphy]]
* Young Adult: ''Diamonds in the Shadow'' by [[Caroline B. Cooney]]
2007
* Preschool: ''Hero Cat'' by [[Eileen Spinelli]] with illustrations by Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen
* Ages 6–8: ''How We Are Smart'' by W. Nikola-Lisa with illustrations by [[Sean Qualls]]
* Ages 8–10: ''[[The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane]]'' by [[Kate DiCamillo]] with illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline
* Ages 10–12: ''Listen!'' by [[Stephanie S. Tolan]]
* Young Adult: ''[[Bread and Roses, Too]]'' by [[Katherine Paterson]]
2006
* Preschool: ''Am I a Color Too?'' by Heidi Cole & Nancy Vogl with illustrations by [[Gerald Purnell]] (Preschool)
* Ages 6–8: ''I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote'' by Linda Arms White with illustrations by [[Nancy Carpenter]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Game Day'' by [[Tiki Barber]] and [[Ronde Barber]] with [[Robert Burleigh]], illustrations by Barry Root
* Ages 10–12: ''Friendship According to Humphrey'' by [[Betty G. Birney]]
* Young Adult: ''Hitch'' by Jeanette Ingold
2005
* Preschool: ''Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo'' by [[Karma Wilson]] with illustrations by [[Doug Cushman]]
* Ages 6–8: ''The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey'' written and illustrated by [[Demi (author)|Demi]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Shredderman: Secret Identity'' by [[Wendelin Van Draanen]] with illustrations by [[Brian Biggs]]
* Ages 10–12: ''The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts'' by [[Richard Peck (writer)|Richard Peck]]
* Young Adult: ''Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq'' by [[Thura Al Windawi]]
2004
* Preschool: ''Little Bear’s Little Boat'' by [[Eve Bunting]] with illustrations by [[Nancy Carpenter]]
* Ages 6–8: ''[[The Dot]]'' written and illustrated by [[Peter H. Reynolds]]
* Ages 8–10: ''Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez'' by [[Kathleen Krull]] with illustrations by [[Yuyi Morales]]
* Ages 10–12: ''Iqbal'' by Francesco D’Adamo
* Young Adult: ''[[The Silent Boy]]'' by [[Lois Lowry]]
2003
* ''People Mole and the Baby Bird'' by Marjorie Newman with illustrations by [[Patrick Benson]]
* Ages 6–8: ''Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School'' written and illustrated by [[Mark Teague]]
* Ages 8–10: ''The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool'' by Margaret Gray with illustrations by Randy Cecil
* Ages 10–12: ''[[Pictures of Hollis Woods]]'' by [[Patricia Reilly Giff]]
* Young Adult: ''Left for Dead'' by Pete Nelson
2002
* ''Kiss Good Night'' by [[Amy Hest]] with illustrations by [[Anita Jeram]]
* Ages 6–8: ''[[Beatrice's Goat]]'' by [[Page McBrier]] with illustrations by [[Lori Lohstoeter]]
* Ages 8–10: ''[[Love That Dog]]'' by [[Sharon Creech]]
* Ages 10–12: ''[[Uncle Daddy]]'' by [[Ralph Fletcher]]
* Young Adult: ''[[Soldier X]]'' by [[Don L. Wulffson]] and ''[[Witness (Karen Hesse novel)|Witness]]'' by [[Karen Hesse]]


2013
2001<ref name=52nd/>
* ''Forever You: A Book About Your Soul and Body'' by Nicole Lataif with illustrations by Mary Rojas
* Ages 6–8: ''How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?'' by [[Jane Yolen]], illustrated by [[Mark Teague]] (The Blue Sky Press/Scholastic Inc.)
* ''The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore'' by [[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]] with illustrations by Joe Bluhm
* Ages 9–10: ''The Mousery'' by Charlotte Pomerantz, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus (Gulliver Books/Harcourt, Inc.)
* ''The House on Dirty-Third Street'' by [[Jo Kittinger|Jo S. Kittinger]] with illustrations by Thomas Gonzalez
* Ages 11–12: ''The Yellow Star'' by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Henri Sørensen (Peachtree Publishers, Ltd.)
* ''[[The One and Only Ivan]]'' by [[Katherine Applegate]] with illustrations by Patricia Castelao
* Ages 11–12: ''Hope Was Here'' by Joan Bauer (G. P. Putnam’s Sons)
* ''[[Wonder (R.J. Palacio novel)|Wonder]]'' by [[R.J. Palacio]]
* Young Adult: ''The Wanderer'' by [[Sharon Creech]] (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Publishers)
* ''Outcasts United'' by [[Warren St. John]]

2014<ref name=pr2014/>
* Preschool and up: ''Maya Was Grumpy'' written and illustrated by Courtney Pippin-Mathur (Flashlight Press)
* Kindergarten and up: ''Year of the Jungle: Memories from the Home Front'' by [[Suzanne Collins]], illustrated by James Proimos (Scholastic Press)
* Ages 6 and up: ''The Matchbox Diary'' by [[Paul Fleischman]], illustrated by [[Bagram Ibatoulline]] (Candlewick Press)
* Ages 8 and up: ''[[Flora & Ulysses]]'' by [[Kate DiCamillo]], illustrated by K.G. Campbell (Candlewick Press)
* Ages 10 and up: ''The Boy On the Wooden Box'' by [[Leon Leyson]] with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing)

2016<ref name="67th"/>
* Preschool and up: ''One Good Deed'' by Terri Fields, illustrated by Deborah Melmon (Kar-Ben Publishing)
* Kindergarten and up: ''An Invisible Thread Christmas Story'' by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski, illustrated by Barry Root (Little Simon/Simon & Schuster)
* Ages 6 and up: ''Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton'' by Don Tate (Peachtree Publishers)
* Ages 8 and up: ''Katie’s Cabbage'' by Katie Stagliano with Michelle H. Martin, illustrated by Karen Heid (Young Palmetto Books/University of South Carolina Press)
* Ages 10 and up: ''Firefly Hollow'' by [[Alison McGhee]], illustrated by Christopher Denise (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
* Young Adult: ''Paper Hearts'' by Meg Wiviott (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster)


===Feature films===
===Feature films===
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1953
2019<ref>https://thechristophersblog.org/2019/04/09/the-2019-christopher-award-winners-are/</ref>
*''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]''
* Ben is Back
* Instant Family
* Paul, Apostle of Christ
* Won't You Be My Neighbor?


2001<ref name=52nd>[http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=261 "The 52nd Annual Christopher Award Winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811021151/http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=261 |date=August 11, 2014 }}. The Christophers (christophers.org). Retrieved July 25, 2014.</ref> <!-- last item in the official menu, with a bad link; otherwise one official source may cover the 53rd/2002 and later; I checked and confirmed that id=261 is the last in sequence of annual previous winners -P64 -->
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* ''[[Billy Elliot]]''
* Darkest Hour
* ''[[Cast Away]]''
* Lady Bird
* ''[[Finding Forrester]]''
* The Star
* ''[[My Dog Skip (film)|My Dog Skip]]''
* Wonder
* ''[[Remember the Titans]]''


2002
2017<ref>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christophers/2017/03/2017-christopher-award-winners-tv-film-books/</ref>
* ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
* Hacksaw Ridge
* ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]''
* Hidden Figures
* ''[[Shrek]]''
* The Hollars
* ''[[The Widow of Saint-Pierre]]''
* Queen of Katwe


2003
2016<ref name="67th"/>
* [[Creed (film)|Creed]]
* ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]''
* ''[[Antwone Fisher (film)|Antwone Fisher]]''
* [[The Drop Box]]
* [[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]
* ''[[Evelyn (2002 film)|Evelyn]]''
* [[Room (2015 film)|Room]]
* ''[[Rabbit-Proof Fence (film)|Rabbit-Proof Fence]]''
* ''[[Signs (2002 film)|Signs]]''
* ''[[Spirited Away]]''


2004
2015<ref>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christophers/2015/04/the-2015-christopher-award-winners-in-film-tv-and-books-are/</ref>
* ''[[In America (film)|In America]]''
* The American Nurse
* ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]''
* Selma
* ''[[Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII]]''
* St. Vincent
* ''[[The Station Agent]]''
* ''[[Whale Rider]]''


2005
2014<ref name=pr2014>[http://www.christophers.org/release---awards-2014 "Heroism, Hope and Selflessness Highlighted in 65th Annual Christopher Award Winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811021257/http://www.christophers.org/release---awards-2014 |date=2014-08-11 }}. Release April 2, 2014. The Christophers. Retrieved 2014-07-25.</ref>
* ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]''
* 42
* ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]''
* Frozen
* ''[[The Incredibles]]''
* Gimme Shelter
* ''[[Miracle (2004 film)|Miracle]]''
* Gravity

2006
* ''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]''
* ''[[Mad Hot Ballroom]]''
* ''[[Millions (2004 film)|Millions]]''
* ''[[An Unfinished Life]]''
* ''[[The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill]]''

2007
* ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]''
* ''[[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web]]''
* ''[[Miss Potter]]''
* ''[[The Nativity Story]]''
* ''[[Sophie Scholl – The Final Days]]''
* ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]''
* ''[[World Trade Center (film)|World Trade Center]]''


2013
* [[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]
* [[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]
* [[Undefeated (2011 film)|Undefeated]]
2012
* [[Buck (film)|Buck]]
* [[The Help (film)|The Help]]
* [[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]
* [[Of Gods and Men (film)|Of Gods and Men]]
* [[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]
* [[The Way (2010 film)|The Way]]
2011
* [[The Human Experience]]
* [[The King's Speech]]
* [[Toy Story 3]]
* [[Secretariat (film)|Secretariat]]
2010
* [[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]
* [[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]
* [[Up (2009 film)|Up]]
2009
* [[Changeling (film)|Changeling]]
* [[The Secret Life of Bees (film)|The Secret Life of Bees]]
* [[Slumdog Millionaire]]
* [[The Visitor (2007 drama film)|The Visitor]]
* [[WALL-E]]
* [[Young@Heart (film)|Young@Heart]]
2008
2008
* [[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]
* ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]''
* [[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]
* ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]''
* [[The Great Debaters]]
* ''[[The Great Debaters]]''
* [[Juno (film)|Juno]]
* ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]]''
* [[The Kite Runner (film)|The Kite Runner]]
* ''[[The Kite Runner (film)|The Kite Runner]]''
* [[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]
* ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''

2009
* ''[[Changeling (film)|Changeling]]''
* ''[[The Secret Life of Bees (film)|The Secret Life of Bees]]''
* ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''
* ''[[The Visitor (2007 drama film)|The Visitor]]''
* ''[[WALL-E]]''
* ''[[Young@Heart (film)|Young@Heart]]''

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2007
* [[Akeelah and the Bee]]
* [[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web]]
* [[Miss Potter]]
* [[The Nativity Story]]
* [[Sophie Scholl – The Final Days]]
* [[Water (2005 film)|Water]]
* [[World Trade Center (film)|World Trade Center]]
2006
* [[Good Night, and Good Luck]]
* [[Mad Hot Ballroom]]
* [[Millions (2004 film)|Millions]]
* [[An Unfinished Life]]
* [[The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill]]
2005
* [[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]
* [[Hotel Rwanda]]
* [[The Incredibles]]
* [[Miracle (2004 film)|Miracle]]
2004
* [[In America (film)|In America]]
* [[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]
* [[Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII]]
* [[The Station Agent]]
* [[Whale Rider]]
2003
[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]
* [[Antwone Fisher (film)|Antwone Fisher]]
* [[Evelyn (2002 film)|Evelyn]]
* [[Rabbit-Proof Fence (film)|Rabbit-Proof Fence]]
* [[Signs (film)|Signs]]
* [[Spirited Away]]
2002
* [[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]
* [[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]
* [[Shrek]]
* [[The Widow of Saint-Pierre]]


2010
2001<ref name=52nd>[http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=261 "The 52nd Annual Christopher Award Winners"]. The Christophers (christophers.org). Retrieved 2014-07-25.</ref> <!-- last item in the official menu, with a bad link; otherwise one official source may cover the 53rd/2002 and later; I checked and confirmed that id=261 is the last in sequence of annual previous winners -P64 -->
* ''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]''
* Billy Elliot
* [[Cast Away]]
* ''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]''
* [[Finding Forrester]]
* ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''

* [[My Dog Skip]]
2011
* [[Remember the Titans]]
* ''[[The Human Experience]]''
1953
* ''[[The King's Speech]]''
*Peter Pan
* ''[[Toy Story 3]]''
* ''[[Secretariat (film)|Secretariat]]''

2012
* ''[[Buck (film)|Buck]]''
* ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]''
* ''[[The Muppets (2011 film)|The Muppets]]''
* ''[[Of Gods and Men (film)|Of Gods and Men]]''
* ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''
* ''[[The Way (2010 film)|The Way]]''

2013
* ''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''
* ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
* ''[[Undefeated (2011 film)|Undefeated]]''

2014<ref name=pr2014>[http://www.christophers.org/release---awards-2014 "Heroism, Hope and Selflessness Highlighted in 65th Annual Christopher Award Winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811021257/http://www.christophers.org/release---awards-2014 |date=August 11, 2014 }}. Release April 2, 2014. The Christophers. Retrieved July 25, 2014.</ref>
* ''[[42 (film)|42]]''
* ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]''
* ''[[Gimme Shelter]]''
* ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]''

2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christophers/2015/04/the-2015-christopher-award-winners-in-film-tv-and-books-are/|title=The 2015 Christopher Award Winners in Film, TV, and Books Are|date=April 8, 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[The American Nurse]]''
* ''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]''
* ''[[St. Vincent (film)|St. Vincent]]''

2016<ref name="67th"/>
* ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]''
* ''[[The Drop Box]]''
* ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]''
* ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]''

2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christophers/2017/03/2017-christopher-award-winners-tv-film-books/|title=The 2017 Christopher Award winners for TV, Film, and Books Are|date=March 28, 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]''
* ''[[Hidden Figures]]''
* ''[[The Hollars]]''
* ''[[Queen of Katwe]]''

2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://orethapedia.com/2018/04/22/the-2018-christopher-awards-winners/|title = The 2018 Christopher Awards Winners|date = April 22, 2018}}</ref>
* ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]''
* ''[[Lady Bird (film)|Lady Bird]]''
* ''[[The Star (2017 film)|The Star]]''
* ''[[Wonder (film)|Wonder]]''

2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thechristophersblog.org/2019/04/09/the-2019-christopher-award-winners-are/|title = The 2019 Christopher Award winners in TV, Film, and Books are…|date = April 9, 2019}}</ref>
* ''[[Ben is Back]]''
* ''[[Instant Family]]''
* ''[[Paul, Apostle of Christ]]''
* ''[[Won't You Be My Neighbor? (film)|Won't You Be My Neighbor?]]''

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=== Television & Cable ===
=== Television and Cable ===
1978<ref>{{Cite news|title=Christopher Awards|author=|date=April 1978|work=WGA Newsletter|page=6|quote='Distinguished achievement' is based on the criteria of affirming the high value of the human spirit, artistic and technical proficiency and significant degree of public acceptance. Honored were Esther & Richard Shapiro, 'Minstrel Man'; Jerry McNeely, 'Something for Joey'; Bill Moyers & Tom Spain, 'The Fire Next Door'; Dr. Robert E. Fuisz, 'The Body Human'; Anthony Burgess, Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, 'Jesus of Nazareth'; Theodore J. Flicker, Allan Balter, 'Just a Little Inconvenience'; W.W. Lewis, 'Tut: The Boy King'; Romeo Muller, 'The Hobbit'; Caryl Ledner, 'Mary White'; and James Poe, 'The Gathering.'|id={{ProQuest|2293616780}}}}</ref>
* [[Richard and Esther Shapiro]], for ''[[Minstrel Man (1977 film)|Minstrel Man]]''
* Jerry McNeely, for ''[[Something for Joey]]''
* [[Bill Moyers]], Tom Spain, for "CBS Reports: The Fire Next Door"
* [[Anthony Burgess]], [[Franco Zeffirelli]], [[Suso Cecchi D'Amico]], for ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (TV series)|Jesus of Nazareth]]''
* [[Theodore J. Flicker]], [[Allan Balter]], for ''[[Just a Little Inconvenience]]''
* W. W. Lewis, for ''[[Tutankhamun|Tut]]: The Boy King''
* [[Romeo Muller]], for ''[[The Hobbit (1977 film)|The Hobbit]]''
* [[Caryl Ledner]], for ''[[Mary White (film)|Mary White]]''
* [[James Poe]], for ''[[The Gathering (1977 film)|The Gathering]]''

2016<ref name="67th"/>
2016<ref name="67th"/>
* [[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|ABC News 20/20: Escaping ISIS]] ([[ABC News]])
* [[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|ABC News 20/20: Escaping ISIS]] ([[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]])
* [[America ReFramed|America ReFramed: If You Build It]] ([[World Channel]]/[[PBS]])
* [[America ReFramed|America ReFramed: If You Build It]] ([[World Channel]]/[[PBS]])
* [[Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors]] ([[NBC]])
* [[Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors]] ([[NBC]])
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

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The Christopher Award (established 1949) is presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, films and television specials that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit".[1] It is given by The Christophers, a Christian organization founded in 1945 by the Maryknoll priest James Keller.

Judging process

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Publishers, TV networks, and film directors are asked to submit titles and work that they believe to be award-worthy. Industry professionals and Christopher staff members make the final selections based on:

  1. Artistic and technical proficiency
  2. Significant degree of public acceptance
  3. Affirmation of the highest values of the human spirit

Categories

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  • Christopher Leadership Awards
  • Christopher Life Achievement Award
  • Christopher Spirit Award
  • James Keller Award
  • Books for Adults
  • Books for Young People
  • Feature Films
  • Television & Cable

Selection of previous winners/honorees

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Christopher Leadership Awards

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Christopher Life Achievement Award

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Christopher Spirit Award

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James Keller Award

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Books for Adults

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1987

2001[9]

  • Aging with Grace, by David Snowdon, PhD (Bantam Books)
  • Choosing Mercy, by Antoinette Bosco (Orbis Books)
  • Freedom's Daughters, by Lynne Olson (Scribner)
  • An Hour Before Daylight, by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster)
  • John Adams, by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)
  • Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, LLC)

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

  • Alex & Me by Irene Pepperberg
  • American-Made—The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work by Nick Taylor
  • Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler
  • Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America by Steven Waldman
  • The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez
  • Until Our Last Breath: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance by Michael Bart and Laurel Corona

2010

2011

2012

  • A Good and Perfect Gift by Julia Becker
  • An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
  • I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
  • Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis and Beth Clark
  • Little Princes by Conor Grennan

2013

  • Carly’s Voice by Arthur Fleischmann and Carly Fleischmann
  • Fearless by Eric Blehm
  • A Good Man by Mark Shriver
  • My Sisters the Saints by Colleen Carroll Campbell
  • Road to Valor by Aili and Andres McConnon

2014[10]

  • American Story: A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things by Bob Dotson (Viking Press/Penguin Group)
  • Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters by Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith (Loyola Press)
  • The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier, and Korean War Hero by Roy Wenzl and Travis Heying (Ignatius Press)
  • On These Courts: A Miracle Season That Changed a City, a Once-Future Star, and a Team Forever by Wayne B. Drash (Touchstone Books/Simon and Schuster)
  • Walk In Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World? by Jim Ziolkowski with James S. Hirsch (Simon and Schuster)

2015

  • The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War by Yochi Dreazen (Crown Publishers).

2016[11]

  • Five Years in Heaven: The Unlikely Friendship That Answered Life’s Greatest Questions by John Schlimm (Image Books/Crown Publishing)
  • The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare by Marcy Cottrell Houle and Elizabeth Eckstrom (Taylor Trade Publishing/Rowman & Littlefield)
  • One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York by Arthur Browne (Beacon Press)
  • Tough As They Come by Travis Mills with Marcus Brotherton (Convergent Books/Crown Publishing)
  • Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America by Joseph Kim with Stephan Talty (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
  • The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, a Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken by Wendell Pierce (Riverhead Books/Random House)

Books for Young People

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2001[9]

  • Ages 6–8: How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague (The Blue Sky Press/Scholastic Inc.)
  • Ages 9–10: The Mousery by Charlotte Pomerantz, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus (Gulliver Books/Harcourt, Inc.)
  • Ages 11–12: The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Henri Sørensen (Peachtree Publishers, Ltd.)
  • Ages 11–12: Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (G. P. Putnam's Sons)
  • Young Adult: The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Publishers)

2002

2003

  • People Mole and the Baby Bird by Marjorie Newman with illustrations by Patrick Benson
  • Ages 6–8: Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School written and illustrated by Mark Teague
  • Ages 8–10: The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool by Margaret Gray with illustrations by Randy Cecil
  • Ages 10–12: Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
  • Young Adult: Left for Dead by Pete Nelson

2004

2005

2006

  • Preschool: Am I a Color Too? by Heidi Cole & Nancy Vogl with illustrations by Gerald Purnell (Preschool)
  • Ages 6–8: I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda Arms White with illustrations by Nancy Carpenter
  • Ages 8–10: Game Day by Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh, illustrations by Barry Root
  • Ages 10–12: Friendship According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
  • Young Adult: Hitch by Jeanette Ingold

2007

2008

2009

2010

  • Preschool: Ten Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story by Yumi Heo
  • Ages 6–8: Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, & Mary Nethery
  • Ages 8–10: Most Loved in All the World by Tonya Cherie Hegamin with illustrations by Cozbi A. Cabrera
  • Ages 10–12: Extra Credit by Andrew Clements with illustrations by Mark Elliott
  • Young Adult: A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean by Tori Murden

2011

2012

  • Shine: Choices to Make God Smile by Genny Monchamp with illustrations by Karol Kaminski
  • Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown with illustrations by John Parra
  • You Can Be a Friend by Tony Dungy and Lauren Dungy with illustrations by Ron Mazellan
  • Hooper Finds a Family by Jane Paley
  • Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
  • Close to Famous by Joan Bauer

2013

2014[10]

  • Preschool and up: Maya Was Grumpy written and illustrated by Courtney Pippin-Mathur (Flashlight Press)
  • Kindergarten and up: Year of the Jungle: Memories from the Home Front by Suzanne Collins, illustrated by James Proimos (Scholastic Press)
  • Ages 6 and up: The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Candlewick Press)
  • Ages 8 and up: Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by K.G. Campbell (Candlewick Press)
  • Ages 10 and up: The Boy On the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing)

2016[11]

  • Preschool and up: One Good Deed by Terri Fields, illustrated by Deborah Melmon (Kar-Ben Publishing)
  • Kindergarten and up: An Invisible Thread Christmas Story by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski, illustrated by Barry Root (Little Simon/Simon & Schuster)
  • Ages 6 and up: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate (Peachtree Publishers)
  • Ages 8 and up: Katie’s Cabbage by Katie Stagliano with Michelle H. Martin, illustrated by Karen Heid (Young Palmetto Books/University of South Carolina Press)
  • Ages 10 and up: Firefly Hollow by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Christopher Denise (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
  • Young Adult: Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster)

Feature films

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Television and Cable

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1978[16]

2016[11]

References

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  1. ^ The Christopher Awards Archived October 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  2. ^ "The Christopher's page on Scotty Smiley". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "The Christopher's page on Dolores Hart". Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  4. ^ a b The 67th annual Christopher Awards Special Awards Archived June 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "Christopher Award Winner". Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "The Christopher's page on Shannon Hickey". Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  7. ^ "The Christopher's page on Marty Lyons". Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  8. ^ "SFGate: Burlingame Schools Pull 8th Grade Book From Class". April 12, 2007. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "The 52nd Annual Christopher Award Winners" Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. The Christophers (christophers.org). Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  10. ^ a b c "Heroism, Hope and Selflessness Highlighted in 65th Annual Christopher Award Winners" Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Release April 2, 2014. The Christophers. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  11. ^ a b c d The 67th annual Christopher Awards Archived July 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  12. ^ "The 2015 Christopher Award Winners in Film, TV, and Books Are". April 8, 2015.
  13. ^ "The 2017 Christopher Award winners for TV, Film, and Books Are". March 28, 2017.
  14. ^ "The 2018 Christopher Awards Winners". April 22, 2018.
  15. ^ "The 2019 Christopher Award winners in TV, Film, and Books are…". April 9, 2019.
  16. ^ "Christopher Awards". WGA Newsletter. April 1978. p. 6. ProQuest 2293616780. 'Distinguished achievement' is based on the criteria of affirming the high value of the human spirit, artistic and technical proficiency and significant degree of public acceptance. Honored were Esther & Richard Shapiro, 'Minstrel Man'; Jerry McNeely, 'Something for Joey'; Bill Moyers & Tom Spain, 'The Fire Next Door'; Dr. Robert E. Fuisz, 'The Body Human'; Anthony Burgess, Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, 'Jesus of Nazareth'; Theodore J. Flicker, Allan Balter, 'Just a Little Inconvenience'; W.W. Lewis, 'Tut: The Boy King'; Romeo Muller, 'The Hobbit'; Caryl Ledner, 'Mary White'; and James Poe, 'The Gathering.'
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