Author record · 2006 to 2025
Carole Boston Weatherford: Awards and Best-of Lists
Carole Boston Weatherford has won 7 awards, including the Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2007) for Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, with 17 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 56 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Floyd Cooper, Ekua Holmes, Frank Morrison, Kadir Nelson, R. Gregory Christie, Jeffery Boston Weatherford, Rob Sanders, Sean Qualls
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | André: André Leon Talley -- A Fabulously Fashionable Fairy Tale | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2024 | Kin: Rooted in Hope | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2024 | Kin: Rooted in Hope | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2024 | Bros | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Board & Picture Books | |
| 2024 | A Crown of Stories | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2024 | A Crown of Stories | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | Crowning Glory | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | Outspoken | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Illustrator | |
| 2023 | Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2023 | A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · LGBTQ+ Children's Books | |
| 2023 | How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2023 | How Do You Spell Unfair? | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2023 | How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction Elementary | |
| 2023 | How Do You Spell Unfair? | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Author | |
| 2022 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Illustrator | |
| 2022 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2022 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2022 | Me and My Mama | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Board Books | |
| 2022 | Me and the Family Tree | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Board Books | |
| 2022 | Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2022 | Standing in the Need of Prayer | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | The Faith of Elijah Cummings | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2021 | R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Illustrator | |
| 2021 | BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Readers' Literature | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2021 | Unspeakable | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2020 | RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | Box | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | Beauty Mark | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2019 | The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip Hop | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2019 | The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-hop | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2019 | The Roots of Rap | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | Freedom in Congo Square | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2017 | Freedom in Congo Square | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2017 | Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2017 | The Legendary Miss Lena Horne | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2017 | Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | In Your Hands | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | In Your Hands | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | Schomburg | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · John Steptoe New Talent | |
| 2016 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2016 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2016 | Freedom in Congo Square | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2016 | Freedom in Congo Square | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Young Readers | |
| 2016 | You Can Fly | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2016 | Freedom in Congo Square | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | Freedom in Congo Square | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Freedom in Congo Square | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Freedom in Congo Square | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2015 | Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer : Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2015 | Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2015 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2015 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Leontyne Price: Voice of A Century | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2009 | Becoming Billie Holiday | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2009 | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2008 | Becoming Billie Holiday | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2007 | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Illustrator | |
| 2007 | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2007 | Birmingham, 1963 | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2006 | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2006 | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |
Books
- Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre14 sources · 2021 to 2022
- Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement9 sources · 2015 to 2016
- Freedom in Congo Square8 sources · 2016 to 2017
- How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee5 sources · 2023 to 2024
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom4 sources · 2006 to 2007
- Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual4 sources · 2022 to 2023
- BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom3 sources · 2020 to 2021
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library3 sources · 2017
- The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip Hop3 sources · 2019
- A Crown of Stories2 sources · 2024
- Becoming Billie Holiday2 sources · 2008 to 2009
- Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America2 sources · 2015
- In Your Hands2 sources · 2017
- Kin: Rooted in Hope2 sources · 2024
- A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington1 source · 2023
- André: André Leon Talley -- A Fabulously Fashionable Fairy Tale1 source · 2025
- Beauty Mark1 source · 2020
- Before John Was a Jazz Giant1 source · 2009
- Birmingham, 19631 source · 2007
- Bros1 source · 2024
- Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect1 source · 2022
- Crowning Glory1 source · 2024
- Leontyne Price: Voice of A Century1 source · 2014
- Me and My Mama1 source · 2022
- Me and the Family Tree1 source · 2022
- Outspoken1 source · 2024
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul1 source · 2021
- RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul1 source · 2020
- The Faith of Elijah Cummings1 source · 2022
- The Legendary Miss Lena Horne1 source · 2017
- You Can Fly1 source · 2016