Ashley Bryan
Awards
Ashley Bryan has received honorary degrees and recognition by universities throughout the country.
- Lifetime Achievement and Awards of Distinction:
- Dartmouth College Social Justice Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2016
- National Association of Black Storytellers, Certificate of Honorary Lifetime Membership, 2014
- Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2012
- Catholic Library Association, Regina Medal, 2011
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for Lifetime Achievement (ALSC), 2009
- New York City Public Library Lion (with Salman Rushdie, Edward Albee and Nora Ephron), 2008
- Society of Illustrators, Lifetime Contributions Award, 2007
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Annual Artist Award, 2007
- Hans Christian Anderson (Biennial International) Award for Lifetime Work as a Children’s Illustrator (U.S. nominee), 2006
- Boston Public Library Literary Lights Award, 2005
- University of Southern Mississippi Fay B. Kaigler Silver Medallion Lifetime Achievement Award, 1994
- May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award, 1990
- Hebrew Union College Biblical & Archaeological School, Israel, Fellowship, around 1975
- Fulbright Scholarship, 1957, 1958
- Skowhegan School of Art Scholarship, 1946
- Named for Ashley
- Ashley Bryan School on Islesford, 2011
- Ashley Bryan Library at the Kiboya Primary School in Laikipia District, Nyeri, Kenya, 2007
- Ashley Bryan Children’s Literature Illustrator Award at the Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, 2011
- Atlanta Literary Festival, 2005
- Ashley Bryan Art Series established at the Research Library and Cultural Center of Broward County Library, Foret Lauderdale, Florida, 2002
- Children’s Room at the Mott Haven Library, Bronx New York named in 2001
- First in series of 10 libraries in Laikipia District, Nyeri, Kenya, funded by Children’s Literature for Children, 2000
- Honorary Degrees
- Maine College of Art (Hon. MA), 2015
- University of Southern Maine (Hon. PhD), 2013
- Bank Street College, NY (Hon. PhD), 2009
- Oakland University, Rochester, MI (Hon. PhD) 2003
- University of Maine, Orono (Hon. PhD), 2000
- University of San Francisco, CA (Hon. PhD), 1999
- Vermont College, University of Norwich (Hon. MA), 1999
- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (Hon. PhD), 1998
- College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME (Hon. MA),1996
- Framingham State College, ME (Hon. PhD), 1995
- Massachusetts College of Art (Hon. PhD) 1989
Ashley Bryan is honored to be recipient of numerous awards for his books and illustrations.
- Infinite Hope
- A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019
- Amazon Book of the Month
- Horn Book Fanfare List
- Kirkus Best Book of 2019
- Amazon Best Book of the Year
- Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2019
- BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
- Coretta Scott King Honor Book
- Bank Street’s 2020 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Best Non-Fiction Book
- Freedom Over Me
- ALA Newbery Honor Book
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year
- ALA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
- Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best
- Maine Student Book Award Master List
- ILA Notable Books for a Global Society
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Award
- Lupine Award (ME)
- Wisconsin State Reading Association's Reading List
- NCTE Notable Poetry List
- Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Multicultural Books List
- Arnold Adoff Poetry Award
- New York Public Library Best Books for Kids
- Kirkus Prize Finalist
- NCTE Notable Verse Novel List
- ALA Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
- Ashley Bryan’s Puppets
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title
- Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life’s Song
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- ILA Teachers' Choices
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- Maine Student Book Award Master List
- NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
- ILA Notable Books for a Global Society
- Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner
- The Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration
- Norman A. Sugarman Children's Biography Honor Award
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year - with Outstanding Merit
- TX Triple Crown Lamplighter Nominee
- Cleveland Public Library Celebrate With Books Selection
- Let It Shine
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best
- Coretta Scott King Award (ALA)
- ILA Notable Books for a Global Society
- All Night, All Day
- ALA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
- Beautiful Blackbird
- Coretta Scott King Award (ALA)
- Texas 2x2 Reading List
- Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry
- CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
- ALA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
- I Am Loved
- NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
- Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title
- Wisconsin State Reading Association's Reading List
- NCTE Notable Verse Novel List
- Sail Away
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- Kansas State Reading Circle List Intermediate Title
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year - with Outstanding Merit
- NCTE Notable Poetry List
- Can’t Scare Me!
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title
- Irma S Black Semifinalist (Bank Street)
- Who Built the Stable
- Kirkus Best Children's Book
- Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- CBC/NCSS Notable Children's Book in Social Studies
- Coretta Scott King Award (ALA)
- The Cat’s Purr
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- ILA Teachers' Choices
- Notable Children's Trade Book Language (AR)
- CBC/NCSS Notable Children's Book in Social Studies
- All Things Bright and Beautiful
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- Parents' Choice Award Silver Medal
- What a Morning!: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- Booklist Editors' Choice
- ALA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
