Book Awards & Distinctions
for Carole Boston Weatherford
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 139 Total Book Awards
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (22)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2022
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2023
Picture Book Selection, 2021
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2023
Winner, 2022
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2021
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Author Winner, 2022
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Author Winner, 2022
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2021
Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2022
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2022
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2023
Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2022
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 2022
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2021
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023
Multicultural and International Honor, 2022
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement (16)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2015
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
New Talent Winner, 2016
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2016
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2023
Selection, 2016
Original Art Medal, 2002-2023
Silver Winner, 2015
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 2016
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2023
Commended, 2016
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016
Freedom in Congo Square (13)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2017
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2016
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Winner, 2017
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Honor, 2017
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2017
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2017
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2016
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library (12)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2017
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Winner, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Biography Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2018
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2017
Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2023
Honor, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Biography Selection, 2020
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2021
Standing in the Need of Prayer (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2023
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2022
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Winner, 2023
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2023
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2007
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Winner, 2007
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2006
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2007
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 2007
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Winner, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2021
Original Art Medal, 2002-2023
Silver Winner, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2020
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop (5)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
City Selection, 2019
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019
Original Art Medal, 2002-2023
Silver Winner, 2019
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2009
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Honor, 2009
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Picture Book Text Honor, 2009
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington (4)
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2024
Finalist, 2024
Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2023
Finalist, 2023
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2023
You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017
Birmingham, 1963 (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2023
Winner, 2008
Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect (3)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Series Nonfiction Selection, 2022
Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2023
Honor, 2023
Dear Mr. Rosenwald (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Picture Book Text Honor, 2007
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2007
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2016
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee (3)
In Your Hands (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Religious Selection, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2017
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne (3)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2017
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Women's History Selection, 2018
By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Religious Selection, 2020
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2021
Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom (2)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2023
Commended, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2022
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson (1)
Becoming Billie Holiday (1)
The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice (1)
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace (1)
Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
A Negro League Scrapbook (1)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2006
Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People (1)
Schomburg: El Hombre Que Creó Una Biblioteca (1)
The Sound That Jazz Makes (1)
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2023
Winner, 2001