Book Awards & Distinctions
for Patricia C. McKissack

3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 81 Total Book Awards

Never Forgotten
Never Forgotten is on 2 State Lists

What Is Given from the Heart
What Is Given from the Heart is on 5 State Lists

Goin' Someplace Special
Goin' Someplace Special is on 1 State List

Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters

A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter

Precious and the Boo Hag
Precious and the Boo Hag is on 3 State Lists

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll is on 3 State Lists

Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood

Ma Dear's Aprons

Mirandy and Brother Wind

Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?

Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters is on 1 State List

Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States

Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts

Red-Tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II

The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa

Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt

Best Shot in the West: The Adventures of Nat Love
Best Shot in the West: The Adventures of Nat Love is on 1 State List

Best Shot in the West: The Thrilling Adventures of Nat Love--The Legendary Black Cowboy!

Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History

A Friendship for Today
A Friendship for Today is on 17 State Lists

The Homerun King
The Homerun King is on 1 State List

Louis Armstrong: King of Jazz

Madam C.J. Walker: Self-Made Millionaire

Messy Bessey's Family Reunion

A Million Fish...More or Less
A Million Fish...More or Less is on 1 State List

Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba is on 1 State List

Run Away Home

A Song for Harlem
A Song for Harlem is on 1 State List

Tippy Lemmey

W.E.B. DuBois

Who Will Bell the Cat?
Who Will Bell the Cat? is on 1 State List

Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry