Award-Winning & Best-Reviewed
Astra Publishing House books have earned a constellation of starred reviews from across industry publications as well as numerous prestigious awards.
Children’s Books
Coretta Scott King Award
- Memphis, Martin & the Mountaintop, Coretta Scott King Award illustrator honor, 2019
- Words with Wings, Coretta Scott King Award Author honor, 2014
- Fortune’s Bones, Coretta Scott King Award Author honor, 2009
- Becoming Billie Holiday, Coretta Scott King Award Author honor, 2004
National Book Award Finalists
YALSA’s Book Awards
- Ambushed! 2022 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award Winner, Kirkus Reviews Best Book
- One Whole and Perfect Day, 2008 Printz Honor
Sibert Honor Books
- Sibert Honor, Printz Honor, 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Books Honor, 2020
- 2019 Sibert Honor
- 2018 Sibert Honor
- 2012 Sibert Honor
Kirkus Best Books
- Sharing 2020 Kirkus Best Book, an ABC Best Books for Young Readers selection
- Peek-a-Who? Kirkus Best Book
- Marwan’s Journey 2018 Kirkus Best Book
Other Award-Winning Titles
- The Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River, 2021 USBBY Outstanding International Book List
- Peek-a-Who, Too, 2019, A PARENTS magazine Best Book
- A Sky Without Lines, 2019 Best Multicultural Children’s Book
- One Day, The End, 2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor
- Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator, 2009 Geisel Honor
- A Splendid Friend Indeed, 2006 Geisel Honor
- Count on Pablo (Math Matters), 2008 Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award for Children’s Books
- The Case of the Stinky Socks, The Milo & Jazz Mysteries, 2014 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Silver Medalist, 2015 Silver Falchion Award Finalist
Star-Studded Adult Titles
- The Town of Babylon, National Book Award Finalist
- Dreaming of You, ★Kirkus Reviews
- Becoming Abolitionists, ★Kirkus Reviews
- Jerusalem Beach, ★Kirkus Reviews
- The Sex Lives of African Women, ★ Publishers Weekly
