Book Awards & Distinctions
for R. Gregory Christie
122 Total Book Awards
Freedom in Congo Square (13)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2017

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2017

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2016

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2017

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2017

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller (11)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2013

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2013

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2012

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2013

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Winner, 2010

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2010

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2010
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2018

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2018

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2016

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2016
Roots and Blues: A Celebration (6)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2012

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2023

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2023
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2001

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2000

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2001
When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders (5)

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2014
It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Honor, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2012
Jazz Baby (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2008
A Long Time Coming (4)

El día de los niños / El día de los libros, 2013-2025
Grades 6-8 Selection, 2025

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Finalist, 2024

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2024

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
The United States v. Jackie Robinson (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2019
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2006

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2006

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2006
Dear Mr. Rosenwald (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Honor, 2007

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2007
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2023

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2023
Yesterday I Had the Blues (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2004
Almost Zero (2)
Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution (2)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017
Coretta's Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King (2)
The Palm of My Heart, The: Poetry by African American Children (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1997
Rich (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Stars in the Darkness (2)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Honor, 2003

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2002
A Time to Act: John F. Kennedy's Big Speech (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017
The Champ (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005
The Deaf Musicians (1)

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2025
Winner, 2007
Deshawn Days (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2021
Hot City (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005