Cardinal CupNoteworthy

Given by Jefferson Cup Committee, Virginia Library Association

Other Names: Jefferson Cup (1984-2022)
141 Works 58,674 Books 1,774 Reviews 4.1
Established in 1982 and presented since 1983, the Cardinal Cup Committee’s goal is to promote reading about America’s past; to encourage the quality writing of United States history, show more biography, and historical fiction for young people; and to recognize authors in these disciplines. From 2012-2021 two books were selected: one for geared toward young adult readers and one for young readers. Beginning in 2022, the Committee returned to the original model, honoring the most distinguished biography, historical fiction, or American history book for young people. In 2023, the Committee and award were renamed. The Cardinal Cup Committee’s mission remains the same, with a commitment to celebrating titles that honor the diverse history of the United States.

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All, Winner (50), Honor (130), Noteworthy (141)
Categories:
All, No Category (141)
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All, 2007 (1), 2006 (2), 2005 (2), 2003 (4), 2002 (3), 2001 (5), 2000 (4), 1999 (6), 1997 (10), 1996 (9), 1995 (9), 1994 (4), 1993 (7), 1992 (8), 1991 (11), 1990 (6), 1989 (12), 1988 (12), 1987 (12), 1986 (14)

Noteworthy 141

WorkYear
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson2007
The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble2006
Built To Last by George Sullivan2006
The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale2005
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 by Diane McWhorter2005
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 by Karen Blumenthal2003
Jericho Walls by Kristi Collier2003
Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway by Kirkpatrick Hill2003
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Muñoz Ryan2003
The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney2002
My Family Shall Be Free! The Life of Peter Still by Dennis Brindell Fradin2002
Belly Gunner by Carol Edgemon Hipperson2002
America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle by David A. Adler2001
Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch2001
Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini by Tom Lalicki2001
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle2001
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan2001
The Babe & I by David A. Adler2000
Kids On Strike! by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2000
Angels of Mercy: The Army Nurses of World War II by Betsy Kuhn2000
Margaret Bourke White by Susan Goldman Rubin2000
What's the Deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase by Rhoda Blumberg1999
Stealing Freedom by Elisa Carbone1999
Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge1999
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck1999
Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War by Ann Warren Turner1999
Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells1999
Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad by Rhoda Blumberg1997
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by Cynthia DeFelice1997
An American hero: the true story of Charles A. Lindbergh by Barry Denenberg1997
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman1997
The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hoagland Hunter1997
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret1997
The Brooklyn Bridge: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Bridge and the Remarkable Family that Built It by Elizabeth Mann1997
A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy by Jim Murphy1997
John Steinbeck by Catherine Reef1997
Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl by Mildred Pitts Walter1997
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober1996
The Quilt-Block History of Pioneer Days by Mary Cobb1996
Mark Twain: America's Humorist, Dreamer, Prophet by Clinton Cox1996
Sound the Jubilee by Sandra Forrester1996
The Stowaway: A Tale Of California Pirates by Kristiana Gregory1996
Keeping the Good Light (Laurel-Leaf Books) by Katherine Kirkpatrick1996
My Fellow Americans: A Family Album by Alice Provensen1996
Carolina Shout! by Alan Schroeder1996
The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White1996
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor by Russell Freedman1995
Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin1995
Unconditional Surrender: U. S. Grant and the Civil War by Albert Marrin1995
Virginia's General: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War by Albert Marrin1995
A Stitch in Time by Ann Rinaldi1995
Mississippi Chariot by Harriette Gillem Robinet1995
I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment by Jerry Stanley1995
Crazy Horse by Judith St. George1995
Cezanne Pinto: A Memoir by Mary Stolz1995
Lindbergh by Chris L. Demarest1994
Bull Run by Paul Fleischman1994
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton1994
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson1994
An Indian Winter by Russell Freedman1993
My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston1993
Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons1993
The Long Road to Gettysburg by Jim Murphy1993
Going West by Jean Van Leeuwen1993
John Muir: Wilderness Protector (Lerner Biographies) by Ginger Wadsworth1993
Rachel Carson: Voice for the Earth (Lerner Biographies) by Ginger Wadsworth1993
A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War (Young Readers' History of the Civil War) by Ina Chang1992
Duke Ellington by James Lincoln Collier1992
The Borning Room by Paul Fleischman1992
Love You, Soldier by Amy Hest1992
Now is Your Time! : The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers1992
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson1992
Cowboys by Glen Rounds1992
Georgia O'Keeffe: Portraits of Women Artists for Children by Robyn Montana Turner1992
Matthew: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Bible, Vol. 26) by W. F. Albright1991
The Oregon Trail by Leonard Everett Fisher1991
Morning Glory War, The by Judy Glassman1991
Teammates by Peter Golenbock1991
Vietnam: Why We Fought: An Illustrated History by Dorothy Hoobler1991
The Great Monkey Trial: Science Versus Fundamentalism in America (Twentieth Century American History Series) by Tom McGowen1991
First Impressions: Mary Cassatt by Susan E. Meyer1991
The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin by Mary Pope Osborne1991
Canyons by Gary Paulsen1991
The Buck Stops Here: The Presidents of the United States by Alice Provensen1991
Shaker inventions by Sallie G. Randolph1991
Extraordinary African-Americans: From Colonial to Contemporary Times by Susan Altman1990
The Man Who Was Poe by Avi1990
The Courtship of Joanna by Catherine Gourley1990
Silver Days by Sonia Levitin1990
ABC Americana from the National Gallery of Art by Cynthia Elyce Rubin1990
George and Martha Washington at Home in New York by Beatrice Siegel1990
The SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF FLIGHT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE by Walter J. Boyne1989
A Girl From Yamhill: A Memoir by Beverly Cleary1989
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney1989
Monticello by Leonard Everett Fisher1989
Log Cabin in the Woods: A True Story about a Pioneer Boy by Joanne Landers Henry1989
A Circle Unbroken by Sollace Hotze1989
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston1989
The War for Independence: The Story of the American Revolution by Albert Marrin1989
The Coming Home Cafe by Gayle Pearson1989
Breaker (Pitt Golden Triangle Books) by N.A. Perez1989
Barnstormers & Daredevils by K. C. Tessendorf1989
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter1989
Charley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty1988
A Month of Seven Days by Shirley Climo1988
We the People: The Story of the United States Constitution Since 1787 by Doris Faber1988
The Alamo by Leonard Everett Fisher1988
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz1988
Death of the Iron Horse by Paul Goble1988
Immigrant Girl: Becky of Eldridge Street by Brett Harvey1988
In Coal Country by Judith Hendershot1988
An Actor's Life for Me! by Selma G. Lanes1988
A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy Maestro1988
The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words 1750-1800 by Milton Meltzer1988
Amelia Earhart by Blythe Randolph1988
The Incredible Sixties: The Stormy Years That Changed America by Jules Archer1987
Behave Yourself Bethany Brant by Patricia Beatty1987
The Tamarack Tree by Patricia Clapp1987
The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr1987
Ellis Island: Gateway to the New World by Leonard Everett Fisher1987
Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today by Arlene Hirschfelder1987
I Lift My Lamp: Emma Lazarus and the Statue of Liberty by Nancy Smiler Levinson1987
Guess Again by Jim Murphy1987
Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell1987
Bad Man Ballad (Library of Indiana Classics) by Scott Russell Sanders1987
The SACRED MOON TREE by Shore1987
Martin Luther King JR. (People Who Made History) by Thomas Siebold1987
One Way to Ansonia by Judie Angell1986
Brothers of the Heart: A Story of the Old Northwest 1837-1838 by Joan W. Blos1986
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg1986
Hiram Bingham and the Dream of Gold by Daniel Cohen1986
Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad1986
George Midgett's war by Sally Edwards1986
Coming and Going Men: Four Tales by Paul Fleischman1986
Watch The Stars Come Out by Riki Levinson1986
Vietnam, there and here by Margot C. J. Mabie1986
1812: The War Nobody Won by Albert Marrin1986
Mark Twain : a writer's life by Milton Meltzer1986
How They Built the Statue of Liberty by Mary J. Shapiro1986
Sam Ellis's Island by Beatrice Siegel1986
Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner1986

Descriptions

Established in 1982 and presented since 1983, the Cardinal Cup Committee’s goal is to promote reading about America’s past; to encourage the quality writing of United States history, biography, and historical fiction for young people; and to recognize authors in these disciplines. From 2012-2021 two books were selected: one for geared toward young adult readers and one for young readers. Beginning in 2022, the Committee returned to the original model, honoring the most distinguished biography, historical fiction, or American history book for young people. In 2023, the Committee and award were renamed. The Cardinal Cup Committee’s mission remains the same, with a commitment to celebrating titles that honor the diverse history of the United States.

(English, Award granter)
URL: https://www.vla.org/2023-cardinal-cup-award-winner
The Jefferson Cup honors a distinguished biography, historical fiction or American history book for young people. The Virginia Library Association's Children's and Young Adult Round Table has presented the award annually since 1983. The award seeks to promote reading about America's past, the writing of U.S. history, biography and historical fiction for young people, and the recognition of authors in these disciplines.

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