Book Awards & Distinctions
for Brian Pinkney

1 Lifetime Achievement Award 85 Total Book Awards

Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It
Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It is on 1 State List

Martin Rising: Requiem for a King
Martin Rising: Requiem for a King is on 1 State List

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song is on 1 State List

A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods is on 2 State Lists

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra is on 2 State Lists

The Faithful Friend
The Faithful Friend is on 1 State List

Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down is on 6 State Lists

Time for Kenny
Time for Kenny is on 1 State List

Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella is on 1 State List

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

In Your Hands

Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood

The Adventures of Sparrowboy

Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy

Dear Benjamin Banneker

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America is on 2 State Lists

In the Time of the Drums

Puppy Truck

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride is on 3 State Lists

When I Left My Village

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King

Hip-Hop Lollipop

I Smell Honey

The Littlest Drop
The Littlest Drop is on 1 State List

Mim's Christmas Jam

Pretty Brown Face

Seven Candles for Kwanzaa

Sukey and the Mermaid