Phillip Hoose

Phillip M. Hoose (born May 31, 1947) is an American writer of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles. His first published works were written for adults, but he turned his attention to children and young adults to keep up with his daughters. His work has been well received and honored more than once by the children's literature community. He won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Nonfiction, for The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, and the National Book Award, Young People's Literature, for Claudette Colvin (2009).

A songwriter and performing musician, Phillip Hoose is a founding member of the Children's Music Network and a member of the band Chipped Enamel.

Writer Hey, Little Ant (Tricycle Press, 1998), inspired by his daughter Ruby and co-authored by his daughter Hannah, received a Jane Addams Children's Book Award.

It’s Our World, Too!: Stories of Young People Who Are Making a Difference (Little, Brown, 1998) won a Christopher Award for "artistic excellence in books affirming the highest values of the human spirit."

We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001) was a finalist for the National Book Award.

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015) opens at the outset of World War II as Denmark chooses not to resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: the boys’ exploits and eventual imprisonment helped spark a full-blown Danish resistance. Interweaving his own narrative with the recollections of Knud himself, Phillip Hoose weaves an inspiring non-fiction story of young war heroes.

Awards Hoose reaped many honors for several of his books. Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice National Book Award for Young People's Literature Newbery Honor Robert F. Sibert Award – Honor YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction – finalist Jane Addams Children's Book Award – Honor Book Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year CCBC Choice (University of Wisconsin) Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List Carter G. Woodson Book Award – Middle Level

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird Boston Globe – Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Orbis Pictus Honor Book Bank Street / Flora Steiglitz Award Parents' Choice Award ALA Best Books for Young Adults ALA Notable Books for Children National Science Teacher's Association-CBC, Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children Miami Herald Best Books of the Year Washington Post Best Books of the Year Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year Great Lakes Book Award Maine Lupine Award New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award Tennessee Intermediate Volunteer State Book Award Master List

We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History National Book Award – finalist ALA Best Books for Young Adults IRA Teachers' Choices New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age Parents' Choice Award NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies Booklinks Lasting Connection Booklist Editors' Choice Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 Robert F. Sibert Award – Honor YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction – finalist

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor The Boston Globe-Horn Book NonFiction Honor Winner School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Kirkus Reviews 10 Teen Books You Can't Miss This Summer 2015 Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Best Teen Book of the Year Booklist Editor's Choice New York Public Library Notable Book New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Washington Post Best Children's Books of 2015 YALSA 2016 Nonfiction Award Nominations Scholastic TAB Top 5 Buzz-worthy Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City

2020 Indiana Authors Award for Children's book

Works Hoosiers: the Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana, Vintage Books, 1986, ; Emmis Books, 1995, Hey, Little Ant, Tricycle Press, 1998, We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001, It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2002, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004, Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me, Walker & Company, 2006, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009, Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012, The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2015, Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2018, Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2022, Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2024,

Anthologies "Indiana's Cinderella Basketball Team", Indiana history: a book of readings, Editor Ralph D. Gray, Indiana University Press, 1994,