Author record · 2009 to 2022
Zetta Elliott: Awards and Best-of Lists
Zetta Elliott has won 1 award, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2009) for Bird, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Geneva B, Noa Denmon, Shadra Strickland
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Moonwalking | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2022 | Moonwalking | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2021 | A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2020 | Say Her Name | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Dragons in A Bag | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2018 | Dragons In A Bag | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | Dragons in a Bag | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2009 | Bird | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · John Steptoe New Talent |
Books
- Dragons in A Bag3 sources · 2018
- Moonwalking2 sources · 2022
- A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart1 source · 2021
- Bird1 source · 2009
- Say Her Name1 source · 2020