Doreen Rappaport - Awards, Honors

Gradiva Award Honor, National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis and the World Association of Psychoanalysis, Best Book on Africa for Young Readers citation, African Studies Association, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing selection, New York Public Library, and Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies citation, National Council on the Social Studies (NCSS), all for The New King; Carter G. Woodson Honor Book, and Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, NCSS, both for The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa; Coretta Scott King Honor Book, American Library Association (ALA), and Notable Book selection, ALA, for Freedom River; Jane Addams Children's Book Award (picture book category), 2002, Children's Choice selection, International Reading Association, Orbis Pictus Honor Book, National Council of Teachers of English, Caldecott Honor Book, ALA, and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, ALA, and Notable Book selection, ALA, all for Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., illustrated by Bryan Collier; Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, Bank Street College of Education, Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies citation, NCSS, 100 Books to Read and Share selection, New York Public Library, Fanfare citation, Horn Book, Gold Award, Parents magazine, and Best Book of the Year citation, Child magazine, all for No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance; and Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies citations, NCSS, for Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom and We Are the Many: A Picture Book of American Indians.