Book Awards & Distinctions
for Renée Watson
3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 85 Total Book Awards
Piecing Me Together (13)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Winner, 2018

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2018

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2017

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2018

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2018

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017

The Josette Frank Award, 1943-2025
Winner, 2018

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2018
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (12)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2021

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

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

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Winner, 2022

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2022

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

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
Black Girl You Are Atlas (12)

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

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Nonfiction Honor, 2025

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

Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 1998-2025
Older Readers Winner, 2025

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

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2025

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

Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Honor, 2025

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2025

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

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2025
Young Adult Winner, 2025
Ways to Make Sunshine (9)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2021

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Winner, 2021

Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020

Sid Fleischman Humor Award, 2004-2025
Finalist, 2021
Maya's Song (7)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2022

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2023

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2023

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2022
Some Places More Than Others (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2019
Watch Us Rise (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Honor, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2020
Betty Before X (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2019
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills (2)
This Side of Home (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2016
Ways to Grow Love (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2021
Cicely Tyson (1)

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024
El Proyecto 1619: Nacieron Sobre El Agua (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2024
Love Is a Revolution (1)
A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (1)
Summer Is Here (1)
Ways to Build Dreams (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2024
What Momma Left Me (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011