AWARDS!!


 * __ AVI's Awards __**

Best Book of the Year designation, British Book Council, 1973 for, **// Snail Tale //**. Mystery Writers of America Special Award, 1975, for **//No More Magic//** 1979 - **// Emily Upham's Revenge //** 1983 - **// Shadrach's Crossing //** Christopher Award, 1980 for, **// Encounter at Easton //** Children's Choice Award, International Reading Association (IRA), 1980, for, **//Man From the Sky//** 1988 - **//Romeo and Juliet - Together (and Alive) at Last//** New Jersey Authors Award, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1983, for **//Shadrach's Crossing//** Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, 1984, for **// The Fighting Ground //** ALA Best Books for Young Adults citations, 1984, for, **//The Fighting Ground//** 1986 - **// Wolf Rider //** Notable Book Citation - 1990, **//The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle//** Library of Congress Best Books of the Year Citations, 1989, for, **//Somthing Upstairs//** 1990 - **//The Man Who Was Poe//** Virgina Young Readers Award, 1990, for, **//Wolf Rider//** Best Book of the Year Citation, Society of Children's, 1990and Newbery Honor Book designation, American Library Association (ALA), Horn Book/Boston Globe Award, and Golden Kite Award, Society of Children's Book Authors, ALL 1991, for **//The True Confession of Charlotte Doyle//** Newbery Honor Book designation, 1992, for, **//Nothing but the Truth//** Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction, 1996, for **// Poppy //** New York Public Library Best Books of the Year Citation, 1996, and National Council of Social Studies/Children's Book Council Notable Book citation, 1997, both for, **// Beyond the Western Sea //** Pick of the Lists designation, IRA, 1997, for **// Finding Providence //** Newbery Award - 2003, for **// Crispin: The Cross of Lead //**

1995 BRIO Award, Bronx, NY
 * __ Collier's Awards __**

1994 NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL POSTER NBAF of Atlanta, GA - Selected from national contest.

1994 BRIO AWARD - BRONX COUNCIL OF THE ARTS Given to Bronx artists.

FIRST PLACE 1987 - WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL SHOW An art competition for Maryland Artists.

FIRST PLACE 1985 - CONGRESSIONAL COMPETITION A national competition in which the winner’s art is exhibited in the Capital Building, Washington, DC

SCHOLARSHIP 1985 - PRATT INSTITUTE National Talent Search - A national art competition for high school seniors. [|**Coretta Scott King Award**] [|**Caldecott Honor**] **and** [|**Coretta Scott King Award**] [|**Coretta Scott King Award**] **and Ezra Jack Keats Award**
 * // **A Freedom River** // by Doreen Rappaport
 * // **Visiting Langston** // by [|Willie Perdomo]
 * // **Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.** // by Doreen Rappaport
 * // **Rosa** // by [|Nikki Giovanni]
 * // **Uptown** // by Bryan Collier