Book Awards & Distinctions
for Christopher Myers
53 Total Book Awards
Jazz (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2007
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2007
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Winner, 2007
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Winner, 2007
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2007
Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Winner, 2008
Blues Journey (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2004
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2003
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2004
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2004
Firebird (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2015
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Honor, 2015
Harlem: A Poem (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1998
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1998
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 1998
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1998
Black Cat (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2000
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2000
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2000
Phoenix Award, 1986-2026
Picture Book Winner, 2019
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2013
Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Winner, 2015
Wings (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2001
Phoenix Award, 1986-2026
Picture Book Honor, 2020
Autobiography of My Dead Brother (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Phoenix Award, 1986-2026
Children's Winner, 2025
Looking Like Me (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
My Pen (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Fly! (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Jabberwocky: The Classic Poem from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1)
Original Art Medal, 2002-2025
Silver Winner, 2007
Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, a Young Artist in Harlem (1)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
Lies and Other Tall Tales (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012




