Book Awards & Distinctions
for Shane W. Evans
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 57 Total Book Awards
The Red Pencil (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2014

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2001

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2001
Underground (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2012

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
The Way a Door Closes (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
New Talent Winner, 2004

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2004
We March (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2013

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2013
The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2017

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2018
Hands Up! (3)

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
First Novelist Honor, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
My Brother Charlie (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood (2)
Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter (1)
Big Papa and the Time Machine (1)
Bintou's Braids (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson (1)

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2010
Fishing Day (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Free at Last!: Stories and Songs of Emancipation (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Mixed Me! (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2016