Book Awards & Distinctions
for Virginia Hamilton
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 52 Total Book Awards
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1996
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1996
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1996
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1996
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2004
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2005
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2004
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave (4)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1988
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1989
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales (4)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 1985
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1986
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1986
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (4)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1983
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1982
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1983
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1983
The Bells of Christmas (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1989
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1990
The Girl Who Spun Gold (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1989
Junius Over Far (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1986
A Little Love (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1984
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1985
M.C. Higgins the Great (2)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1974
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Winner, 1975
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1983
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1984
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1997
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Bluish (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Cousins (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Drylongso (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
The House of Dies Drear (1)
Justice and Her Brothers (1)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1979
The Mystery of Drear House (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987
Plain City (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
The Planet of Junior Brown (1)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1972
A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies and Africa (1)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1998
Second Cousins (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
A White Romance (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987