Author record · 2006 to 2025
James E. Ransome: Awards and Best-of Lists
James E. Ransome has 4 shortlist or finalist places and 9 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Lesa Cline-Ransome, Deborah Hopkinson, Fred Bowen
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Place for Us | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2025 | A Place for Us | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2025 | A Place for Us | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | Hardcourt: Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2020 | The Bell Rang | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2019 | The Bell Rang | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2019 | Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2019 | The Bell Rang | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | The Bell Rang | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | The Bell Rang | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2016 | My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2006 | Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book |
Books
- The Bell Rang5 sources · 2019 to 2020
- A Place for Us3 sources · 2025
- Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman1 source · 2018
- Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams1 source · 2019
- Hardcourt: Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association1 source · 2023
- My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey1 source · 2016
- Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building1 source · 2006