Book Awards & Distinctions
for Frank Morrison
80 Total Book Awards
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee (14)

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

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2024

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2023

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2024

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

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

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground (10)

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

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2018

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2017

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

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

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone (7)

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

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2015

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
Standing in the Need of Prayer (7)

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

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

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2023

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball (6)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2020

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2021
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2021

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop (5)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2020

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2019
My Block Looks Like (4)

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

El día de los niños / El día de los libros, 2013-2025
Birth-PreK Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2024
Let the Children March (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2019
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2018
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2017
Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil Degrasse Tyson (3)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2019

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2019
Jazzy Miz Mozetta (2)

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
New Talent Winner, 2005

Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Winner, 2024
My Feet Are Laughing (2)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Breaking to the Beat! (1)

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2024
Harlem at Four (1)
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace (1)
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021
Sweet Music in Harlem (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005