| 2023 | Twenty Questions | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2022 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2022 | Milo Imagines the World | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2021 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | You Matter | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | You Matter | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2020 | You Matter | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | You Matter | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | You Matter | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Another | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2019 | Another | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Another | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Another | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Another | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Another | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Another | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | When’s My Birthday? | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2017 | When's My Birthday? | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | Last Stop on Market Street | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2016 | Last Stop on Market Street | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2016 | School's First Day of School | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2015 | Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2015 | Last Stop On Market Street | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Gaston | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | Josephine: The Dazzling Life Of Josephine Baker | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |