Book Awards & Distinctions
for Gordon C. James
38 Total Book Awards
I Am Every Good Thing (15)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021
BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Fiction Honor, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2026
Winner, 2021
Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 1998-2025
Younger Readers Winner, 2021
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Finalist, 2021
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2020
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2021
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2020
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (13)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2026
Commended, 2018
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2018
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2018
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2018
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2018
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2017
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2018
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2017
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2018
Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2020
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2026
Commended, 2020
Just Like Jesse Owens (2)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer (1)
The Homerun King (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
A Song for Harlem (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
