Book Awards & Distinctions
for Faith Ringgold
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 11 Total Book Awards
Tar Beach (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 1992
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 1993
NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1991
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1992
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky (2)
We Came to America (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2017
Bronzeville Boys and Girls (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Henry Ossawa Tanner: His Boyhood Dream Comes True (1)
We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists, 2015-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2025
