Black History for Every Day of the Year wins book awards

We鈥檙e delighted to share the news that Black History for Every Day of the Year, by Dr Yinka Olusoga, has won two awards at the School Library Association鈥檚 Information Book Awards 2025.

Left to right it's of Gaby Morgan (editor, Macmillan Children's Books), Yinka Olusoga and Kemi Olusoga

Black History for Every Day of the Year, co-written with Yinka鈥檚 siblings, David Olusoga and Kemi Olusoga was nominated in the 13-16 year-olds category, where it received both the Judges鈥 Award and the Children鈥檚 Choice Award in their category. 

The School Library Association鈥檚 Information Book Award is an annual celebration of information books. It brings together a panel of judges, made up of a range of experts from the school library sector. For the Children鈥檚 Choice Award, children around the country came together and selected their choice of information books from the shortlist, with over 1,600 pupils across the UK taking part in the voting process. 

Yinka said, 鈥淲e鈥檇 like to say a heartfelt thank you to the School Library Association and to school librarians up and down the country who have shared our book and its network of stories from Black history with young people, their families and their teachers. 鈥

Photograph: Left to right Gaby Morgan (editor, Macmillan Children's Books), Yinka Olusoga and Kemi Olusoga.