Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
- Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor, American Library Association (ALA)
- Notable Children's Book, American Library Association (ALA)
- Best Books, Kirkus Reviews
- Best Books of the Year, School Library Journal
- Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews
- Starred Review, School Library Journal
- Starred Review, Publishers Weekly
- Amelia Bloomer Project - Feminist Task Force, American Library Association (ALA)
- Best of the Best Books, Chicago Public Library
- Best Children's Books of the Year: Outstanding Merit, Bank Street College of Education
- Notable Books for a Global Society, International Reading Association (IRA)
- Best Books of the Year, Honorable Mention, The Huffington Post
- Best Multicultural Books, Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Books
- Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
- Delaware Diamonds Reading List, Diamond State Reading Association
- Eureka! Award, California Reading Association
- Louisiana Readers' Choice Award, State Library of Lousiana
- NAACP Image Award Nominee, NAACP
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction, Recommended Title, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- Recommended Reading List: Grade 4, New York City Reads 365
