Book Awards & Distinctions
for Larry Dane Brimner
35 Total Book Awards
Black & White: The Confrontation of Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2012
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2012
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2012
Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights (6)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2014
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2015
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2015
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2018
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Series Nonfiction Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2018
Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020
Birmingham Sunday (4)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2011
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2011
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2011
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin (3)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2008
Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019
Finding a Way Home: Mildred and Richard Loving and the Fight for Marriage Equality (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2021
Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez (2)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022