We are excited to begin sharing the 2025 28 Days Later Honorees beginning February 1, 2025! In the meantime, please enjoy learning about the past seventeen years of honorees HERE.

More About 28 Days Later

28 Days Later began in 2008, as a Brown Bookshelf initiative. From The Brown Bookshelf:

During the twenty-eight days of Black History Month, we profile a different children’s or young adult author and children’s illustrator, looking for the best new and unnoticed works by African-Americans. From picture books to novels, books fresh off the presses to those that have lurked in the background unsung for months or years. Specifically, we look for:

• New Books
  • Books that have “flown under the radar”
  • Children’s or Young Adult books written/illustrated by an African-American (or someone of the African Diaspora)
  • Books published by a traditional publisher for the trade market