Book Awards & Distinctions
for Daniel Minter
29 Total Book Awards
Going Down Home with Daddy (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2020
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 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, 1997-2024
Selection, 2023
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2023
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2019
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2017
The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2024
Commended, 2021
Ellen's Broom (2)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2012
Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001