Book Awards & Distinctions
for Marilyn Nelson

2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 56 Total Book Awards

My Seneca Village

Carver: A Life in Poems
Carver: A Life in Poems is on 1 State List

A Wreath for Emmett Till
A Wreath for Emmett Till is on 2 State Lists

Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life is on 2 State Lists

How I Discovered Poetry

Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem

Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World
Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World is on 1 State List

Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems
Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems is on 1 State List

Papa's Free Day Party

Snook Alone
Snook Alone is on 1 State List

American Ace
American Ace is on 1 State List

Beautiful Ballerina

The Freedom Business

Mrs. Nelson's Class

Ostrich and Lark