Book Awards & Distinctions
for David F. Walker
11 Total Book Awards
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined (4)

Alex Awards, 1998-2025
Winner, 2025

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Graphic Novels Honor, 2025

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2025

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History (3)

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Graphic Novels Winner, 2022

Eisner Awards, 2011-2024
Winner, 2022

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2022
The Second Chance of Darius Logan (2)

In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2025
Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Hi-Lo Selection, 2024
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom (1)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2020
Naomi: Season One (1)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2021