Book Awards & Distinctions
for Shane W. Evans
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 57 Total Book Awards
The Red Pencil (9)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Middle Selection, 2014
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2015
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2014
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2015
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2016
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2001
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2001
Underground (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2012
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2012
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2011
The Way a Door Closes (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
New Talent Winner, 2004
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2004
We March (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Commended, 2013
The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Sports Selection, 2017
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2018
Hands Up! (3)
BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2024
First Novelist Honor, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
My Brother Charlie (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood (2)
Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter (1)
Big Papa and the Time Machine (1)
Bintou's Braids (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson (1)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2010
Fishing Day (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Free at Last!: Stories and Songs of Emancipation (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Mixed Me! (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2016