Book Awards & Distinctions
for Ashley Bryan
8 Lifetime Achievement Awards 77 Total Book Awards
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (15)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2017

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2017

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2017

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2016

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2017

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2017

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2017

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace (12)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2020

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2020

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2020
Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2014
Words to My Life's Song (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Winner, 2010

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2010
Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2008

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2008
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
Beautiful Blackbird (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2004
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1986

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1987

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1987
All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1992
Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1998
Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1980

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 1981
I Am Loved (2)

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2019

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
Sing to the Sun: Poems and Pictures (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Winner, 1993
What a Morning!: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1988
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's Gift (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Ashley Bryan's African Tales, Uh-huh (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
Blooming Beneath the Sun (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020
Can't Scare Me! (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Carol of the Brown King: Nativity Poems (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
Christmas Gif': An Anthology of Christmas Poems, Songs, and Stories Written by African-Americans (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals (1)

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1983
My America (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
The Sun Is So Quiet (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
What a Wonderful World (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995