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Floyd Cooper: Awards and Best-of Lists

Floyd Cooper has won 2 awards, including the Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2009) for The Blacker the Berry, with 4 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 1 year-end list pick in our archive.

Also credited with Carole Boston Weatherford, Joyce Carol Thomas

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2022Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreCoretta Scott King Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Illustrator
2022Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Informational Book
2022Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreRandolph Caldecott Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Picture Book
2021Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreBoston Globe–Horn Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Nonfiction
2021UnspeakableKirkus Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Young Readers' Literature
2021Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Young People's Literature
2021Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2009The Blacker the BerryCoretta Scott King Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Illustrator

Books

  1. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre7 sources · 2021 to 2022
  2. The Blacker the Berry1 source · 2009