Book Awards & Distinctions
for Julius Lester

24 Total Book Awards

Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue is on 4 State Lists

John Henry

The Old African

Shining

The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit is on 1 State List

This Strange New Feeling: Three Love Stories from Black History
This Strange New Feeling: Three Love Stories from Black History is on 1 State List

Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road is on 1 State List

Guardian
Guardian is on 3 State Lists

Let's Talk about Race

Othello

Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo
Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo is on 1 State List

Time's Memory

To Be a Slave

Why Heaven Is Far Away