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* Preschool and up: ''Maya Was Grumpy'' written and illustrated by Courtney Pippin-Mathur (Flashlight Press)
* 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)
* 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 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 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)
* 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)
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* Preschool: ''Hero Cat'' by [[Eileen Spinelli]] with illustrations by Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen
* 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 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 8–10: ''[[The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane]]'' by [[Kate DiCamillo]] with illustrations by [[Bagram Ibatoulline]]
* Ages 10–12: ''Listen!'' by [[Stephanie S. Tolan]]
* Ages 10–12: ''Listen!'' by [[Stephanie S. Tolan]]
* Young Adult: ''[[Bread and Roses, Too]]'' by [[Katherine Paterson]]
* Young Adult: ''[[Bread and Roses, Too]]'' by [[Katherine Paterson]]

Revision as of 19:12, 22 October 2022

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.

The 2016 Christopher Awards were announced on March 30, 2016, and were presented in a ceremony in New York City on May 19.[2]

Judging process

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

  • 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

Christopher Leadership Awards

Christopher Life Achievement Award

Christopher Spirit Award

James Keller Award

Books for Adults

2016[2]

  • 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)

2015

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

2014[9]

  • 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)

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

2010

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

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001[10]

  • 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)

1987

Books for Young People

2016[2]

  • 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)

2014[9]

  • 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)

2013

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

2011

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

2008

2007

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

2004

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

2001[10]

  • 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)

Feature films

Television and Cable

2016[2]

References

  1. ^ The Christopher Awards Archived October 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e The 67th annual Christopher Awards Archived July 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Christopher's page on Scotty Smiley". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  4. ^ Christopher Award Winner
  5. ^ a b The 67th annual Christopher Awards Special Awards Archived June 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Christophers, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Christopher's page on Dolores Hart". Archived from the original on June 20, 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. ^ "The Christopher's page on Shannon Hickey". Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ SFGate: Burlingame Schools Pull 8th Grade Book From Class
  12. ^ "The 2019 Christopher Award winners in TV, Film, and Books are…". April 9, 2019.
  13. ^ "The 2018 Christopher Awards Winners". April 22, 2018.
  14. ^ "The 2017 Christopher Award winners for TV, Film, and Books Are". March 28, 2017.
  15. ^ "The 2015 Christopher Award Winners in Film, TV, and Books Are". April 8, 2015.
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