Book Awards & Distinctions
for Derrick Barnes
46 Total Book Awards
I Am Every Good Thing (15)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Fiction Honor, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Winner, 2021

Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 1998-2025
Younger Readers Winner, 2021

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Finalist, 2021

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2020

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (13)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

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

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2018

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2018

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2018

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2018

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2018

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2017

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2018

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2017

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2018
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice (12)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2023

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2022

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2023

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2023

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2024

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2022

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2022

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Winner, 2023
The King of Kindergarten (2)
Like Lava in My Veins (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Hi-Lo Selection, 2023
Baseball: Amazing But True Stories! (1)

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2020