Book Awards & Distinctions
for Jerry Pinkney

6 Lifetime Achievement Awards 112 Total Book Awards

A Place to Land
A Place to Land is on 6 State Lists

The Lion and the Mouse
The Lion and the Mouse is on 5 State Lists

Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life is on 7 State Lists

A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods is on 2 State Lists

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

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Billy Goats Gruff is on 5 State Lists

The Tortoise & the Hare

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

John Henry

The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen is on 3 State Lists

Mirandy and Brother Wind

Noah's Ark

The Patchwork Quilt
The Patchwork Quilt is on 1 State List

Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World
Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World is on 1 State List

The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South is on 1 State List

The Ugly Duckling

Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables is on 1 State List

Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir

Count on Your Fingers African Style

God Bless the Child

Half a Moon and One Whole Star

In Plain Sight: A Game

Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood is on 4 State Lists

The Moon Over Star
The Moon Over Star is on 6 State Lists

The Old African

Song of the Trees

The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit is on 1 State List

Turtle in July

Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

Drylongso

The Grasshopper & the Ants

Home Place
Home Place is on 1 State List

I Want to Be

In for Winter, Out for Spring

The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is on 2 State Lists

Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune is on 1 State List

Pretend You're a Cat

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo
Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo is on 1 State List

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star