According to the Middle East Outreach Council website: "The Middle East Outreach Council established the Middle East Book Award in 1999 to recognize books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to understanding of the Middle East."
The following Middle East Book Award Winners and Honor Books can be found in the CRC:
2023:
2022:
2021:
Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration by 
Seven Special Somethings: a Nowruz Story by 2020:
2019:
2018:
2017:
2016:
2015:
2013:
2011:
2008:
2005:
2003:
2002:
