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Ready? Set. Puppies!Illustrations by Derek AndersonRandom House, 2024
Small Shoes, Great StridesIllustrations by Alex BosticCarolrhoda Books, 2023
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Booklist, starred review
Foreword, starred review
The Horn Book Magazine, starred review
School Library Journal, starred review
Ready? Set. Rides!Illustrations by Derek AndersonRandom House, 2023
Ready? Set. Birthday!Illustrations by Derek AndersonRandom House, 2022
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best list for Fiction for Younger Readers
reviewed in School Library Journal
Let ’er Buck! George Fletcher, the People’s ChampionIllustrations by Gordon C. JamesCarolrhoda Books, 2019
2020 American Library Association (ALA) Notable Children’s Book
2019 Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth
Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on WashingtonIllustrations by Sally Wern ComportRandom House Children’s Books, 2017
Don’t Call Me Grandma Illustrations by Elizabeth ZunonCarolrhoda Books, 2016
A Best Book of 2016, National Public Radio
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest BookstoreIllustrations by R. Gregory ChristieCarolrhoda Books, 2015
2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
2016 Jane Addams Children’s Book Honor
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller Illustrations by R. Gregory ChristieCarolrhoda Lab, 2012
2012 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction
2013 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Best of Show, 2012 New Mexico–Arizona Book Awards
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. MarshalIllustrations by R. Gregory ChristieCarolrhoda Books, 2009
2010 Coretta Scott King Author Award
2010 Simon Wiesenthal “Once Upon a World” Children’s Book Award
Carter G. Woodson Honor Book
2010 Western Writers of America Spur Finalist
Washington Post Best Book of the Year
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
Juneteenth Co-author: Drew Nelson Illustrations by Mark SchroderMillbrook Press, 2006
Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year
Almost to Freedom Illustrations by Colin BootmanCarolrhoda Books, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Ready? Set. Raymond! Illustrations by Derek AndersonRandom House, 2002
Who Will I Be, Lord?Illustrations by Sean QuallsRandom House, 2009 (o.p.)
“Highly Commended,” Charlotte Zolotow Award Committee, Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CBC)
Beyond MayfieldG. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1999 (o.p.)
1999 Parents’ Choice Gold Award
Possibles G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1995 (o.p.)
Mayfield Crossing G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1993 (o.p.)
27th Georgia Children’s Book Award
Always Gramma Illustrations by Kimanne UhlerG. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1988 (o.p.)
Children’s Book Council (CBC) Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
“What Am I?” Cricket, February 2005“Family,” Cricket, June 2001“Snow White,” Cicada, May/June 1999