Author record · 2020 to 2023
Angela Joy: Awards and Best-of Lists
Angela Joy has won 1 award, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2023) for Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement, with 4 shortlist or finalist places and 8 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Janelle Washington
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · John Steptoe New Talent | |
| 2023 | Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2023 | Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2023 | Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2022 | Choosing Brave | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2022 | Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2022 | Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | Choosing Brave | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | Black Is a Rainbow Color | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | Black Is a Rainbow Color | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Younger Readers | |
| 2020 | Black Is a Rainbow Color | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books |
Books
- Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement10 sources · 2022 to 2023
- Black Is a Rainbow Color3 sources · 2020