Book Awards & Distinctions
for Shadra Strickland
11 Total Book Awards
Bird (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
New Talent Winner, 2009

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2009
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case (4)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2017

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2018

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2018
Jump In! (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2023
A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (1)
Sunday Shopping (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015