Book Awards & Distinctions
for Vera B. Williams
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 27 Total Book Awards
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2002

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2001

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2002

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2001

The Josette Frank Award, 1943-2025
Winner, 2002
A Chair for My Mother (3)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1983

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1982

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1983
Cherries and Cherry Pits (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1986

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1986
Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1988
Lucky Song (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 1998
More More More, Said the Baby (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1991
Music, Music for Everyone (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1984
Scooter (2)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1994

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
Home at Last (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Something Special for Me (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1983
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1981