Book Awards & Distinctions
for Langston Hughes
24 Total Book Awards
My People (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2010
Sail Away (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
I, Too, Am America (3)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2013
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2012
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2012
That Is My Dream!: A Picture Book of Langston Hughes (3)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2018
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2018
Lullaby (for a Black Mother) (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2013
The Negro Speaks of Rivers (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2010
Aunt Sue's Stories (1)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
The Block (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Carol of the Brown King: Nativity Poems (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994
Langston Hughes (1)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2007
The Sweet and Sour Animal Book (1)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1995
