Book Awards & Distinctions
for Virginia Hamilton
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 52 Total Book Awards
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (5)
![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, 1996
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1996
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1996
![Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024](/images/awards/104.png.pagespeed.ce.Wz2wwEQz-V.png)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1996
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book (5)
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ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
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Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2004
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2005
![Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1577.jpg)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2004
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave (4)
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Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1988
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1989
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales (4)
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Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 1985
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1986
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1986
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (4)
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Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1983
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1982
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1983
![John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024](/images/list_image/107.jpg)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1983
The Bells of Christmas (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1989
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1990
The Girl Who Spun Gold (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
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John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1989
Junius Over Far (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1986
A Little Love (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1984
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1985
M.C. Higgins the Great (2)
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Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1974
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John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Winner, 1975
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1983
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1984
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing (2)
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ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1997
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Bluish (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Cousins (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Drylongso (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
The House of Dies Drear (1)
Justice and Her Brothers (1)
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1979
The Mystery of Drear House (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987
Plain City (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
The Planet of Junior Brown (1)
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John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1972
A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies and Africa (1)
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Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1998
Second Cousins (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
A White Romance (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987