Book Awards & Distinctions
for Sean Qualls
47 Total Book Awards
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Children's Africana Book Awards, 1992-2023
Commended, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Biography Selection, 2015

Odyssey Award, 2008-2023
Honor, 2022

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2023
Winner, 2016
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage (5)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2015

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2015

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2016
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2008

Américas Award, 1993-2023
Winner, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2023
Selection, 2007

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2023
Author Winner, 2008
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Honor, 2009

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Picture Book Text Honor, 2009
Dizzy (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2007

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2006
Why Am I Me? (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2018

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Picture Book Selection, 2017
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2019

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024
Honor, 2019

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2019
Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2015

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2016
Lullaby (for a Black Mother) (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2013
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Who Will I Be, Lord? (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Commended, 2010
Bird in a Box (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Goodnight Songs: A Celebration of the Seasons (1)
Grandad Mandela (1)
How We Are Smart (1)
Phillis's Big Test (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009