Christopher Award

Judging process

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

• 2002 Rudy Giuliani
• 2004 Father John T. Catoir
• 2005 Sargent Shriver
• 2008 Cardinal John Patrick Foley
• 2011 Scotty Smiley

Christopher Life Achievement Award

• 2003 Mary Higgins Clark
• 2004 Art Linkletter
• 2005 Robert Coles
• 2006 Dave Brubeck
• 2008 David McCullough
• 2012 Mother Dolores Hart
• 2016 Ernie Anastos
• 2018 Ken Burns

Christopher Spirit Award

• 2016 ''When Calls the Heart''

James Keller Award

• 2004 Caroll Spinney
• 2005 Pat LaFontaine
• 2011 Shannon Hickey
• 2012 Marty Lyons

Books for Adults

• Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

• Aging with Grace, by David Snowdon, PhD
• Choosing Mercy, by Antoinette Bosco
• Freedom's Daughters, by Lynne Olson
• An Hour Before Daylight, by Jimmy Carter
• John Adams, by David McCullough
• Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich

Books for Young People

• Ages 6–8: How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague
• Ages 9–10: The Mousery by Charlotte Pomerantz, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus
• Ages 11–12: The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Henri Sørensen
• Ages 11–12: Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
• Young Adult: The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

• Ages 6–8: Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier with illustrations by Lori Lohstoeter
• Ages 8–10: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
• Ages 10–12: Uncle Daddy by Ralph Fletcher
• Young Adult: Soldier X by Don L. Wulffson and Witness by Karen Hesse

• 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

• Preschool: Little Bear’s Little Boat by Eve Bunting with illustrations by Nancy Carpenter
• Ages 6–8: The Dot written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
• Ages 8–10: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull with illustrations by Yuyi Morales
• Ages 10–12: Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo
• Young Adult: The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry

• Preschool: Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo by Karma Wilson with illustrations by Doug Cushman
• Ages 6–8: The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey written and illustrated by Demi
• Ages 8–10: Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen with illustrations by Brian Biggs
• Ages 10–12: The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck
• Young Adult: Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq by Thura Al Windawi

• Preschool: Am I a Color Too? by Heidi Cole & Nancy Vogl with illustrations by Gerald Purnell
• 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

• 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 8–10: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo with illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline
• Ages 10–12: Listen! by Stephanie S. Tolan
• Young Adult: Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson

• Preschool: Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things That Make Me Happy by Scott Menchin
• Ages 6–8: How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara with illustrations by G. Brian Karas
• Ages 8–10: Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu with photographs by Peter Greste
• Ages 10–12: The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy
• Young Adult: Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney

• Preschool: Close to You: How Animals Bond by Kimiko Kajikawa
• Ages 6–8: That Book Woman by Heather Henson with illustrations by David Small
• Ages 8–10: Clementine's Letter by Sara Pennypacker with illustrations by Marla Frazee
• Ages 10–12: Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell
• Young Adult: Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

• 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

• Preschool and up: Maya Was Grumpy written and illustrated by Courtney Pippin-Mathur
• Kindergarten and up: Year of the Jungle: Memories from the Home Front by Suzanne Collins, illustrated by James Proimos
• Ages 6 and up: The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
• Ages 8 and up: Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by K.G. Campbell
• Ages 10 and up: The Boy On the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson

• Preschool and up: One Good Deed by Terri Fields, illustrated by Deborah Melmon
• Kindergarten and up: An Invisible Thread Christmas Story by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski, illustrated by Barry Root
• Ages 6 and up: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate
• Ages 8 and up: Katie’s Cabbage by Katie Stagliano with Michelle H. Martin, illustrated by Karen Heid
• Ages 10 and up: Firefly Hollow by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Christopher Denise
• Young Adult: Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott

Feature films

• Peter Pan

• ''Won't You Be My Neighbor?''

Television and Cable

• Richard and Esther Shapiro, for Minstrel Man
• Jerry McNeely, for Something for Joey
• Bill Moyers, Tom Spain, for "CBS Reports: The Fire Next Door"
• Anthony Burgess, Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, for Jesus of Nazareth
• Theodore J. Flicker, Allan Balter, for Just a Little Inconvenience
• W. W. Lewis, for Tut: The Boy King
• Romeo Muller, for The Hobbit
• Caryl Ledner, for Mary White
• James Poe, for The Gathering

• ABC News 20/20: Escaping ISIS
• America ReFramed: If You Build It
• Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
• The Jim Gaffigan Show: My Friend the Priest
• Tashi and the Monk