Book Awards & Distinctions
for Diane Dillon
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 47 Total Book Awards
Never Forgotten (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 2012
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2012
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2012
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2012
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1996
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1996
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1996
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1996
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2004
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2005
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2004
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales (4)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 1985
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1986
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1986
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (3)
Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles, Think of That! (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2003
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2003
Aïda (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Winner, 1991
The Girl Who Spun Gold (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
The Hundred Penny Box (2)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1976
Jazz on a Saturday Night (2)
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 1990
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1991
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (2)
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Picture Book Hall of Fame Selection, 2019
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Winner, 1976
Dark Venture (1)
The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese: And Other Tales of the Far North (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 1997
If Kids Ran the World (1)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2015
Love and the Rocking Chair (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2020
Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali (1)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2002
Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose (1)
One Winter's Night (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004