Book Awards & Distinctions
for Christopher Myers
50 Total Book Awards
Jazz (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2007
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2007
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Text Winner, 2007
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2007
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2007
Odyssey Award, 2008-2024
Winner, 2008
Blues Journey (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2004
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2003
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2004
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2004
Firebird (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2015
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
Author Honor, 2015
Harlem: A Poem (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1998
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 1998
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1998
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1998
Black Cat (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2000
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2000
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
City Selection, 2013
Odyssey Award, 2008-2024
Winner, 2015
Wings (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Honor, 2001
Autobiography of My Dead Brother (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Looking Like Me (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
My Pen (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Fly! (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Jabberwocky: The Classic Poem from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1)
Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2007
Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, a Young Artist in Harlem (1)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
Lies and Other Tall Tales (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012