Book Awards & Distinctions
for Vanessa Brantley-Newton
17 Total Book Awards
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Women's History Selection, 2018

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2018
The Hula-Hoopin' Queen (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2014
The King of Kindergarten (2)
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay (2)
We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song (2)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014