Book Awards & Distinctions
for Julius Lester
24 Total Book Awards
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue (4)
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png.pagespeed.ce.rqZg92-sK4.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg.pagespeed.ce.bq9TNNYPQn.jpg)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 2006
John Henry (3)
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png.pagespeed.ce.rqZg92-sK4.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1995
![Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024](/images/list_image/2882.jpg)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1995
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994
The Old African (2)
![Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024](/images/awards/104.png)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2006
Shining (2)
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
![Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024](/images/awards/87.jpeg)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2004
The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2)
This Strange New Feeling: Three Love Stories from Black History (2)
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road (1)
Guardian (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Let's Talk about Race (1)
Othello (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo (1)
Time's Memory (1)
![Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024](/images/awards/87.jpeg)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2007
To Be a Slave (1)
![John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024](/images/list_image/107.jpg)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1969
Why Heaven Is Far Away (1)
![Phoenix Award, 1986-2024](/images/awards/84.jpeg)
Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Honor, 2022