Book Awards & Distinctions
for Cozbi A. Cabrera
26 Total Book Awards
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (9)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

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

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2020

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020
Me & Mama (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

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

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2021
Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis (3)

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

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

Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024
Honor, 2024
Most Loved in All the World (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2010
Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2009
Brown Girl, Brown Girl (1)
My Hair Is a Garden (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change (1)
Thanks a Million (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007