| 2025 | Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2025 | Make A Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2025 | This Is Not A Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2024 | Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2024 | Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2023 | Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2023 | Holding Her Own | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2022 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2021 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2021 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2021 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Younger Readers | |
| 2021 | Nina | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | Nina | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2021 | Nina: A Story of Nina Simone | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |