Author record · 2015 to 2023
Frank Morrison: Awards and Best-of Lists
Frank Morrison has won 3 awards, including the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (2021) for Above the Rim: How Elgin Taylor Changed Basketball, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Carole Boston Weatherford, Katheryn Russell-Brown, Jen Bryant, Melba Pattillo Beals, Monica Clark-Robinson
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022 | Kick Push | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 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 | Above the Rim: How Elgin Taylor Changed Basketball | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2019 | Let the Children March | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2018 | March Forward, Girl | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2015 | Little Melba and Her Big Trombone | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2015 | Little Melba and Her Big Trombone | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children |
Books
- Little Melba and Her Big Trombone2 sources · 2015
- Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual2 sources · 2023
- Above the Rim: How Elgin Taylor Changed Basketball1 source · 2021
- Kick Push1 source · 2022
- Let the Children March1 source · 2019
- March Forward, Girl1 source · 2018
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul1 source · 2021