Author record · 2018 to 2024
Charly Palmer: Awards and Best-of Lists
Charly Palmer has won 1 award, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2018) for Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 1 year-end list pick in our archive.
Also credited with Karida L. Brown, Kathryn Erskine, Rich Wallace, Sandra Neil Wallace
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Special Citation · Special Citation | |
| 2022 | The Legend of Gravity | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2021 | The Teachers March! How Selma’s Teachers Changed History | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2018 | Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · John Steptoe New Talent |
Books
- Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song1 source · 2018
- The Legend of Gravity1 source · 2022
- The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families1 source · 2024
- The Teachers March! How Selma’s Teachers Changed History1 source · 2021