Courage Has No Color

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
AuthorTanya Lee Stone
LanguageEnglish
SubjectThe Triple Nickles
GenreNonfiction
PublisherCandlewick Press
Publication date2013
Publication placeUSA
Media typePrint, Audio
Pages160
ISBN9780763665487

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers is a nonfiction book geared toward children, written by Tanya Lee Stone and published January 22, 2013 by Candlewick Press. The book tells the story of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed The Triple Nickles, an all-Black airborne unit of the United States Army during World War II.

In 2014, the book won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens.

Reception

Courage Has No Color is a Junior Library Guild book. It received starred reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus, as well as positive reviews from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, The Washington Post, and School Library Journal.

Kirkus called the book "[a]n exceptionally well-researched, lovingly crafted and important tribute to unsung American heroes." Publishers Weekly called it "[a] captivating look at a small but significant piece of military and civil rights history."

The New York Public Library, The Bulletin, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus named Courage Has No Color one of the best nonfiction children's books of 2013. The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature included it in their list of the best multicultural children's books of the year.

Awards and honors for Courage Has No Color
Year Award/Honor Result Ref.
2014 ALSC Notable Children's Book for Older Readers Selection
ALSC Notable Children's Recordings Selection
Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices Selection
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens Winner
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book
IRA Notable Books for a Global Society Selection
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist
YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection
YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Top 10
2015 William Allen White Children's Book Award Selection

References

  1. 1 2 "NAACP Image Awards - Outstanding Literary Work". AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Couch, Aaron; Washington, Arlene (February 22, 2014). "NAACP Image Awards: The Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles by Tanya Lee Stone". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Courage Has No Color". Booklist. February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Children's Book Review: Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick, $24.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5117-6". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Courage Has No Color". Kirkus Reviews. October 24, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  7. ↑ Bush, Elizabeth (2013). "Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 66 (5): 265–266. doi:10.1353/bcc.2013.0020. ISSN 1558-6766.
  8. ↑ Nolan, Abby McGanney (February 5, 2013). "'Courage Has No Color,' by Tanya Lee Stone". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America". School Library Journal. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  10. ↑ nypl_selection. "NYPL's Children's Books 2013: Nonfiction". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  11. ↑ "2013 Blue Ribbons". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Best Books of 2013". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Best Middle-Grade Books of 2013 to Make History Come Alive". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Best Books 2013". The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  15. ↑ "2014 Notable Children's Books". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  16. ↑ Schulte-Cooper, Laura (February 5, 2014). "ALSC announces 2014 Notable Children's Recordings". News and Press Center. American Library Association. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  17. ↑ Horning, Kathleen T.; Lindgren, Merri V.; Schliesman, Megan; McKnight Townsend, Emily (2014). CCBC choices 2014. Madison, WI: Cooperative Children's Book Center. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-0-931641-24-4. OCLC 871718672.
  18. ↑ "2014 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children" (PDF). National Council of Teachers of English. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Notable Books for a Global Society - 2014 List" (PDF). Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group. International Reading Association. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  20. ↑ Morales, Macey (January 27, 2014). "'The Nazi Hunters' wins 2014 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults". News and Press Center. American Library Association. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  21. ↑ "2014 Nonfiction Award". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). December 4, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2014". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). January 30, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  23. ↑ "2014 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Top Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). January 30, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  24. ↑ "2015-2016 Master Lists". William Allen White Children's Book Award. Retrieved January 26, 2022.