Book Awards & Distinctions
for Ekua Holmes
77 Total Book Awards
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement (16)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
New Talent Winner, 2016

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2015

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

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2016

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2015

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2016

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2016

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016
Black Girl You Are Atlas (12)

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

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Nonfiction Honor, 2025

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

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

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

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2025

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

Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Honor, 2025

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2025

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

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2025
Young Adult Winner, 2025
Black Is a Rainbow Color (10)

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

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2020

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2021

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2020

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2021
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets (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

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2017

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2018

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2018

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (7)

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
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

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2019

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2020
Dream Street (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist Mavynee Betsch (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2022
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
Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King (3)

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

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2024
Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese-American Poet Khalil Gibran (3)
Crowning Glory (2)
The Stuff of Stars (2)

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