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Author

R. Gregory Christie

Honors

2 Coretta Scott King Book Awards wins, 1 Schneider Family Book Award win, 7 Coretta Scott King Book Awards honors, 1 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal honor, 1 Caldecott Medal honor, 1 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award honor

AwardYearBook
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Winner2026The Library in the Woods
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Winner2010Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
Schneider Family Book Award Winner2007The Deaf Musicians
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Honor2026The Library in the Woods
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor2023Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Honor2019Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
Caldecott Medal Honor2017Freedom in Congo Square
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Honor2017Freedom in Congo Square
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Honor2016The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Honor2013No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor2008Jazz Baby
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Honor2001Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Honor1997The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children

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