Top Shelf Productions, Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, the team behind March: Book One, should be congratulated as it has been announced that their graphic novel is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.

Since 1970, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards have celebrated outstanding books for young people about the African American experience. The honor for March: Book One (the first in a planned trilogy of graphic novels in which Congressman Lewis recounts his astonishing life in the civil rights movement) is only the second time the CSK committee has selected a book in comics format. It marks the first Coretta Scott King honor for Lewis, Aydin, or Powell, as well as for publisher Top Shelf.

March: Book One ended 2013 being listed among the year’s best books, and was recently selected by comic book retailers to receive Diamond Comic Distributors’ Gem Award as Independent Graphic Novel of the Year. It is currently in its 21st week on the New York Times bestseller list.