Freedom's Gifts: A Juneteenth story, illustrated by Sharon Wilson (1997, New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ISBN 0-689-80269-2)

The poetry prize went to "Door in the Mountain" (Wesleyan University Press), by Jean Valentine, and the award for young people's literature went to Pete Hautman for "Godless" (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers).

New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (1985).

Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.95; ages 4 to 8) the first-time author-illustrator-onomatopoet George O'Connor uses vibrant primary colors to animate the comic-book imagination of a boy superhero.

Hall's uncompromising artwork was eventually published (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1986, $14.95).

New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1989; Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985.