Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Kadir Nelson's Awards (partial list)

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, a Caldecott Honor and an NAACP Image Award for Carol Boston Weatherford’s MOSES: When Harriet Tubman Led her People to Freedom.”

Coretta Scott King Award, and ALA Notable Children’s Book, for Ellington Was Not A Street, by Ntozake Sange.

Caldecott Honor Award, Henry’s Freedom Box, with Ellen Levine.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Image Award, for Just the Two of Us, 2001.

Silver Medal for original art, Society of Illustrators, for Under the Christmas Tree, 2002.

Coretta Scott King Honor Book designation, for Thunder Rose, 2004.

The New York Times named "WE ARE THE SHIP: The Story of Negro League Baseball," one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008.

Winner of the CASEY Award for best baseball book, 2008.

Coretta Scott King Book Award Recipient, for writing and illustrating We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, 2009.

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