Falling Pieces of the Broken Sky (1990) The Last Tales of Uncle Remus, illus. Jerry Pinkney (1994) The Man Who Knew Too Much, illus. Leonard Jenkins (1994) And All Our Wounds Forgiven (1994) John Henry, illus. Jerry Pinkney (1994) Othello: A Novel (1995) Sam and the Tigers, illus. Jerry Pinkney (1996) From Slaveship to Freedom Road, paintings by Rod Brown (1998) Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story, illus. Jerry Pinkney (1998) What a Truly Cool World, illus. Joe Cepeda (1999) When the Beginning Began, illus. Emily Lisker (1999) Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream, illus. Jerry Pinkney (2000) Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel (2000) The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocker the World, illus. Lisa Cohen (2001) When Dad Killed Mom (2001) Ackamarackus: Julius Lester's Sumptuously Silly Fantastically Funny Fables, illus. Emilie Chollat (2001) Why Heaven Is Far Away, illus. Joe Cependa (2002) Shining, illus. John Clapp (2003) The Autobiography of God (2004) Let's Talk About Race, illus. Karen Barbour (2005) On Writing for Children and Other People (2005) Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue (2005) The Old African, illus. Jerry Pinkney (2005) Time's Memory (2006) Cupid: A Novel (2007) Guardian (2008) The Hungry Ghosts (2009) The Girl Who Saved Yesterday (2016) Awards Book awards Newbery Honor, 1969, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, 1971, both for To Be a Slave Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, 1972, and National Book Award finalist, 1973, both for The Long Journey Home: Stories from Black History Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, 1973, for The Knee-high Man and Other Tales Coretta Scott King honor, 1983, for This Strange New Feeling, and 1988, for Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit Parents' Choice Story Book award, 1987, for The Tales of Uncle Remus, and 1990, for Further Tales of Uncle Remus Reading Magic Award, 1988, for More Tales of Uncle Remus Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, American Library Association Notable Book, and Caldecott Honor, all 1995, all for John Henry ALA Notable Book, 1996, for Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney – runner-up for the 2016 Phoenix Picture Book Award Coretta Scott King Award, 2006, for his novel Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue Other awards Distinguished Teacher's Award, 1983–84 Faculty Fellowship Award for Distinguished Research and Scholarship, 1985 National Professor of the Year Silver Medal Award, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 1985 Massachusetts State Professor