Book Awards & Distinctions
for Angela Johnson
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 40 Total Book Awards
The First Part Last (6)
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg.pagespeed.ce.bq9TNNYPQn.jpg)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 2004
![Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024](/images/list_image/97.jpg)
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2004
![YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023](/images/awards/154.png)
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2003
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom (4)
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2014
![Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024](/images/awards/79.jpg)
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](/images/awards/89.jpg)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2014
![Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024](/images/awards/106.png)
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2015
Bird (4)
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
A Certain October (3)
![Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024](/images/awards/146.png)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2013
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
![Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023](/images/awards/90.jpg)
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2012
The Other Side: Shorter Poems (3)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg.pagespeed.ce.bq9TNNYPQn.jpg)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1999
![Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024](/images/awards/41.jpg)
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 1999
Toning the Sweep (3)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg.pagespeed.ce.bq9TNNYPQn.jpg)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1994
Do Like Kyla (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
A Girl Like Me (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
![Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023](/images/awards/90.jpg)
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2020
Heaven (2)
![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg.pagespeed.ce.bq9TNNYPQn.jpg)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1999
I Dream of Trains (2)
![Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024](/images/awards/118.jpg)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2004
Tell Me a Story, Mama (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1989
![Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024](/images/list_image/2665.jpg)
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
Author Winner, 1991
When I Am Old with You (2)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg.pagespeed.ce.bq9TNNYPQn.jpg)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1991
A Cool Moonlight (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Daddy Calls Me Man (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
The Leaving Morning (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
Looking for Red (1)
A Sweet Smell of Roses (1)
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006