Book Awards & Distinctions
for April Harrison
45 Total Book Awards
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller (13)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025

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

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

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

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2024

Libby Book Awards, 2024-2025
Picture Book Finalist, 2025

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

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

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

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

Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2025
Middle Grade Winner, 2025
Nana Akua Goes to School (11)

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

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

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2021

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Multicultural and International Honor, 2021
H Is for Harlem (9)

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

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

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Honor, 2023

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2022

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023

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

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
What Is Given from the Heart (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
New Talent Winner, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2019

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2020
Me and the Boss: A Story about Mending and Love (4)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2023

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2023
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

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