Author record · 2015 to 2025
Lesa Cline-Ransome: Awards and Best-of Lists
Lesa Cline-Ransome has won 1 award, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction (2019) for Finding Langston, with 4 shortlist or finalist places and 32 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with James E. Ransome
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | One Big Open Sky | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2025 | One Big Open Sky | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2024 | Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Middle Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | One Big Open Sky | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2024 | Fighting With Love | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | They Call Me Teach | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | They Call Me Teach | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | For Lamb | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2023 | For Lamb | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2023 | Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Younger Readers | |
| 2023 | For Lamb | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2023 | Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction Elementary | |
| 2023 | For Lamb | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2021 | Being Clem | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2021 | Being Clem | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | Overground Railroad | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2020 | Overground Railroad | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Younger Readers | |
| 2020 | Leaving Lymon | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | Overground Railroad | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Finding Langston | Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Historical Fiction | |
| 2019 | Finding Langston | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2019 | Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2018 | Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2018 | Finding Langston | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2018 | Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2018 | Finding Langston | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2018 | Finding Langston | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2018 | Finding Langston | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Finding Langston | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2018 | Finding Langston | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2017 | Before She Was Harriet | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2017 | Before She Was Harriet | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Young Readers | |
| 2017 | Before She Was Harriet | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Before She Was Harriet | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2015 | Whale Trails, Before and Now | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books |
Books
- Finding Langston8 sources · 2018 to 2019
- Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman5 sources · 2017 to 2018
- For Lamb4 sources · 2023
- One Big Open Sky3 sources · 2024 to 2025
- Overground Railroad3 sources · 2020
- Being Clem2 sources · 2021
- Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis2 sources · 2024
- Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams2 sources · 2018 to 2019
- Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm2 sources · 2023
- They Call Me Teach2 sources · 2024
- Leaving Lymon1 source · 2020
- My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey1 source · 2016
- The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne1 source · 2020
- Whale Trails, Before and Now1 source · 2015