Author record · 2011 to 2025
Gary Golio: Awards and Best-of Lists
Gary Golio has 2 shortlist or finalist places and 9 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with E.B. Lewis, Javaka Steptoe
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2024 | Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Roy DeCarava | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2024 | Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | The Soldier's Friend | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | Dark Was the Night | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry) | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2017 | Strange Fruit | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2015 | Bird & Diz | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | Spirit Seeker | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2011 | Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator |
Books
- Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava3 sources · 2024 to 2025
- Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars2 sources · 2020
- Bird & Diz1 source · 2015
- Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix1 source · 2011
- Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)1 source · 2019
- Spirit Seeker1 source · 2012
- Strange Fruit1 source · 2017
- The Soldier's Friend1 source · 2024