Book Awards & Distinctions
for E.B. Lewis
117 Total Book Awards
Each Kindness (10)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2013

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2013

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2013

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2013

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial (7)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2017

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2017
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights (7)

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

Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2025
Younger Readers Winner, 2021

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2021
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2003

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2003

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2003

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2002

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2002
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Religious Selection, 2017

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2016
The Walk (6)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2023

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Finalist, 2024

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2024

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2024
Coming on Home Soon (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2005

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2005
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem (5)

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

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

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Grades 3-5 Selection, 2025
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom (4)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2014

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2015
Circle Unbroken: The Story of a Basket and Its People (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2005
Keeping the Night Watch (4)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2008
My Rows and Piles of Coins (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2000
Night Boat to Freedom (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2007

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2007

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2007
The Other Side (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2002

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2001
Faraway Home (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2000

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2001
My Best Friend (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2006

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2006
Tea Cakes for Tosh (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2013

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2013
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2001
The Bat Boy and His Violin (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1999
Daddy Speaks Love (2)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2023
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars (2)

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

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2021
Down the Road (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1996

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
The Negro Speaks of Rivers (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2010
The New King (2)
Only a Pigeon (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
The Secret World of Walter Anderson (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2010
Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama (2)
Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America (2)
Trouper (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2014
Big Boy (1)
I Love My Hair! (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
The Magic Moonberry Jump Ropes (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Magid Fasts for Ramadan (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2025