#GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Slow and Sudden Violence with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congratulations to Derek Hyra and @ucpress.bsky.social! Slow and Sudden Violence, which argues that urban uprisings triggered by police killings are connected to the 'slow violence' of racist policies, is shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Young Changemakers: Compassionate Kids with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Young Changemakers: Compassionate Kids is shortlisted for our Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice! This book by Stacy C. Bauer, illustrated by Emanuela Ntamack, highlights real children who show compassion through acts of kindness and advocacy. #GoddardBookPrizes

Protect Your People, by Raj Jayadev for @thenewpress.bsky.social, has been shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice! It explores how communities are working together to combat the injustices of mass incarceration. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Where are the Women? with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congrats to @janicehechter.bsky.social and @redchairpress.bsky.social! Where are the Women?, which tells the true story of Girl Scouts who successfully campaigned for the first statue honoring real women in Central Park, is shortlisted for our youth social justice book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Pay the People! with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Pay the People! is shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize! Congrats to John Driscoll, Morris Pearl, @patrioticmillionaires.org and @thenewpress.bsky.social. Pay the People! argues that fair wages are beneficial to both the economy and societal well-being. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Jina Jeong: Project Park Art with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congrats to Jina Jeong: Project Park Art by Carol Kim with illustrator Flavia Zuncheddu for Picture Window Books! This lovely book, in which Jina, her friends, and local street artists transform graffiti in their local park, is shortlisted for our youth social justice book prize! #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Dreaming of Home with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Dreaming of Home by Cristina Jiménez for @stmartinspress.bsky.social is shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize! This moving memoir details the journey of an immigrant activist transforming personal fear into collective empowerment and societal change. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Gifts from the Garbage Truck with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Applause please for Gifts from the Garbage Truck by Andrew Larsen, illustrated by @oriolvidal.bsky.social for @sbkslibrary.bsky.social! This true story about a sanitation worker who salvaged discarded items to create a museum is shortlisted for our youth social justice book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Copaganda with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize: Copaganda, by @equalityalec.bsky.social for @thenewpress.bsky.social! Copaganda exposes the cozy relationship between law enforcement agencies and media outlets, revealing how public perception is shaped to favor the police. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of CALLING ALL FUTURE VOTERS with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congratulations to Laurie Atkins bsky.app/profile/laur... and @gloobooks.bsky.social! CALLING ALL FUTURE VOTERS!, in which a group of young people learn about voting rights and civic engagement as they work to mobilize their community, is shortlisted for our youth book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Backroom Deals in Our Backyards with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congrats to Backroom Deals in our Backyards by Miranda S. Spivack bsky.app/profile/mira... for @thenewpress! You're shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. This book Investigates the impact of governmental secrecy on local communities. #GoddardBookPrizes

Today we announce the shortlists for our book prizes! The Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice and Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice celebrate the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all people. #GoddardBookPrizes