Book Awards & Distinctions
for Javaka Steptoe
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 33 Total Book Awards
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (13)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2017
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2016
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2017
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Arts Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2016
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Winner, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2016
Hot Day on Abbott Avenue (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Commended, 2005
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2018
In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1998
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Winner, 1998
All of the Above (2)
Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix (2)
Do You Know What I'll Do? (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
The Jones Family Express (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
A Pocketful of Poems (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Rain Play (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009