Book Awards & Distinctions
for Floyd Cooper
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 95 Total Book Awards
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (22)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2025
Winner, 2022

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2022

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2022

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2022

Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2022

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2021

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2022

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Multicultural and International Honor, 2022
These Hands (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2012

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Honor, 2012

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2012
The Blacker the Berry: Poems (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2009

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2009
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1994

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1994
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Winner, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2014
A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2022

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022
Ruth and the Green Book (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2011

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Multicultural and International Honor, 2011
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States (4)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Illustration for Older Readers Finalist, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2022

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2021
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History (3)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2018
Ma Dear's Aprons (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 1998

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 1998
Meet Danitra Brown (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1995

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1996
Where's Rodney? (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2017
A Beach Tail (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2011
Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1995

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994
I Have Heard of a Land (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1999

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1999
Max and the Tag-Along Moon (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2014
Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems (2)
Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Multicultural and International Honor, 2013
African Beginnings (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
The Back of the Bus (1)
Becoming Billie Holiday (1)
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation (1)
Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World (1)

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2000
Danitra Brown Leaves Town (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Freedom School, Yes! (1)

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2002
The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
Grandpa's Face (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
Ira's Shakespeare Dream (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Juneteenth for Mazie (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
Pass It on: African American Poetry (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
The Ring Bearer (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Ruth y el Libro Verde (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2025
Sisters & Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams (1)
Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige vs. Rookie Joe Dimaggio (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014