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Author record · 2006 to 2025

Bryan Collier: Awards and Best-of Lists

Bryan Collier has won 6 awards, including the Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2006) for Rosa, with 5 shortlist or finalist places and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Laban Carrick Hill, Daniel Beaty, Nikki Giovanni, Troy Andrews, Bill Taylor, Kari Lavelle, Langston Hughes, Sandra Neil Wallace, Tami Charles, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His VoiceNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Nonfiction for Children
2022Music Is a RainbowKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2021We Shall OvercomeKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2020All Because You MatterNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2019Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art GalleryNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Nonfiction for Children
2016Trombone ShortyCoretta Scott King Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Illustrator
2016Trombone ShortyRandolph Caldecott Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Picture Book
2016Trombone ShortyNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction for Children
2014Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for MeCoretta Scott King Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Illustrator
2014Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for MeBoston Globe–Horn Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Picture Book
2013I, Too, Am AmericaCoretta Scott King Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Illustrator
2011Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, SlaveCoretta Scott King Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Illustrator
2011Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, SlaveRandolph Caldecott Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Picture Book
2011Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, SlaveNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction for Children
2006RosaCoretta Scott King Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Illustrator
2006RosaRandolph Caldecott Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Picture Book

Books

  1. Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave3 sources · 2011
  2. Trombone Shorty3 sources · 2016
  3. Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me2 sources · 2014
  4. Rosa2 sources · 2006
  5. All Because You Matter1 source · 2020
  6. Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery1 source · 2019
  7. I, Too, Am America1 source · 2013
  8. Music Is a Rainbow1 source · 2022
  9. Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice1 source · 2025
  10. We Shall Overcome1 source · 2021