Book Awards & Distinctions
for Marilyn Nelson
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 56 Total Book Awards
My Seneca Village (10)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2015

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016
Carver: A Life in Poems (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2002

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2002

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2001

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2002

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2002
A Wreath for Emmett Till (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2006

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2006

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2006

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2006
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life (6)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2022

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
How I Discovered Poetry (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2015

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2014

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2015
Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2005
Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2010
Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems (2)
Papa's Free Day Party (2)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022
Snook Alone (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2010
American Ace (1)
Beautiful Ballerina (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
The Freedom Business (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Mrs. Nelson's Class (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018