Book Awards & Distinctions
for Jacqueline Woodson
10 Lifetime Achievement Awards 165 Total Book Awards
Brown Girl Dreaming (19)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2014

Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 1998-2025
Older Readers Winner, 2015

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Winner, 2015

E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, 2012 - 2019
Winner, 2015

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2014

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2014

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
The Day You Begin (13)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2019

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2019

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2019

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

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2019

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2019

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2018

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2019
Remember Us (12)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2024

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

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

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

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2024

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2024

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2024

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024
Each Kindness (10)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2013

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

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2013

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2013

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012
Harbor Me (10)

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

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

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

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2018

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2019
The World Belonged to Us (10)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

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

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Read Aloud Selection, 2022

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2023

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Gold Winner, 2022

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2022
Before the Ever After (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Winner, 2021

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2021

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2021
Locomotion (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2004

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2004

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2003

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2003
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun (6)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 1996

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 1996

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Winner, 1996

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 1996
Show Way (6)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2006

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2006
After Tupac and D Foster (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2009

The Josette Frank Award, 1943-2025
Winner, 2009
Coming on Home Soon (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2005

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2005
Feathers (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2008
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 1995
Beneath a Meth Moon (4)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2012
The Other Side (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2002

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2001
Pecan Pie Baby (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2013
El día en que descubres quién eres (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2019

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2019
Hush (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2002
If You Come Softly (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 1999
Miracle's Boys (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Winner, 2001
The Year We Learned to Fly (3)

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
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2023
Behind You (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Honor, 2024
The House You Pass on the Way (2)

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Winner, 1998
Peace, Locomotion (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Honor, 2010
Visiting Day (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2003
El año en que aprendimos a volar (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2022
Lena (1)
Maizon at Blue Hill (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
Red at the Bone (1)

Bisexual Book Award, 2012-2021
Fiction Finalist, 2019