Book Awards & Distinctions
for Angela Johnson
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 40 Total Book Awards
The First Part Last (6)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 2004
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2004
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2003
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom (4)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2014
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2014
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2015
Bird (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
A Certain October (3)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2012
The Other Side: Shorter Poems (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1999
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 1999
Toning the Sweep (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1994
Do Like Kyla (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
A Girl Like Me (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2020
Heaven (2)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1999
I Dream of Trains (2)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2004
Tell Me a Story, Mama (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1989
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
Author Winner, 1991
When I Am Old with You (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1991
A Cool Moonlight (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Daddy Calls Me Man (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
The Leaving Morning (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
Looking for Red (1)
A Sweet Smell of Roses (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006