Author record · 2010 to 2023
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson: Awards and Best-of Lists
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson has won 2 awards, including the Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2010) for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 14 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with R. Gregory Christie, Gordon C. James
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2022 | Ready? Set. Birthday! | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2020 | Let 'Er Buck: George Fletcher, the People's Champion | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2019 | Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2019 | Let ‘Er Buck! George Fletcher, the People’s Champion | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2019 | Let 'Er Buck! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2016 | The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2015 | The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2015 | The Book Itch | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2012 | No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction and Poetry | |
| 2012 | No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2012 | No Crystal Stair | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2012 | No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | No Crystal Stair: A Novel in Documents, Based on the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | No Crystal Stair | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2010 | Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Author |
Books
- No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller7 sources · 2012 to 2013
- Let 'Er Buck: George Fletcher, the People's Champion3 sources · 2019 to 2020
- The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore3 sources · 2015 to 2016
- Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal1 source · 2010
- Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington1 source · 2017
- Let ‘Er Buck! George Fletcher, the People’s Champion1 source · 2019
- Ready? Set. Birthday!1 source · 2022
- Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality1 source · 2023