Book Awards & Distinctions
for E.B. Lewis
107 Total Book Awards
Each Kindness (10)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Winner, 2013

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Author Honor, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Emergent Selection, 2013

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2013

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2023
Selection, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2012
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial (7)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2017

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2017
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights (7)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2020

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2024
Finalist, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2021
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2003

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Winner, 2003

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Winner, 2003

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2002

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2002
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2017

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2016

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Religious Selection, 2017
Coming on Home Soon (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Honor, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2005

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 2005
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom (4)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Emergent Selection, 2014

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2014

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2015
Circle Unbroken: The Story of a Basket and Its People (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2005
Keeping the Night Watch (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Author Honor, 2009

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2008
My Rows and Piles of Coins (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Honor, 2000
Night Boat to Freedom (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2007

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023
Multicultural and International Honor, 2007
The Other Side (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2002

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2001
Faraway Home (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2000

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2001
My Best Friend (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Winner, 2006

Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, 1986-2023
Author Winner, 2006
Tea Cakes for Tosh (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Commended, 2013

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023
Multicultural and International Honor, 2013
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Honor, 2001
The Bat Boy and His Violin (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Honor, 1999
Daddy Speaks Love (2)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2023
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars (2)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2020

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2021
Down the Road (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 1996

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
The Negro Speaks of Rivers (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Honor, 2010
The New King (2)
Only a Pigeon (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
The Secret World of Walter Anderson (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2010
Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama (2)
Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America (2)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023
Trouper (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2014
The Walk (2)
Big Boy (1)
I Love My Hair! (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
The Magic Moonberry Jump Ropes (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Magid Fasts for Ramadan (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004