Outstanding Backlist

1

Not So Shy

Notable Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award Middle Grade Honor, Commended, 2024

3

The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda & Squirrel

Notable Awards

USBBY Outstanding International Books List, Winner, 2024
CBC Favorite Award, Winner, 2024
Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2024, Winner, 2024

4 1

Rise to the Sky: How the World's Tallest Trees Grow Up

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2024, Winner, 2024

6 7

Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels List, Winner, 2024
Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2024, Winner, 2024
ILA Children’s and Young Adult Book Award Honor Book, Commended, 2024
Boston Globe Best Books of the Year, Winner, 2023
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, Short-listed, 2023

2 3

The Bear and the Wildcat

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2024, Winner, 2025
USBBY Outstanding International Books List, Winner, 2024
Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2023, Winner, 2023

3 6

Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book, Commended, 2024
ALA Notable Children's Book, Winner, 2024
National Jewish Book Award Finalist, Runner-up, 2024
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Book List, Winner, 2024
Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2024, Winner, 2024

3 4

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, Winner, 2023
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2023
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Young Adults, Winner, 2022
Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Winner, 2022

1 2

Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change

Starred Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

Notable Awards

Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2023
Kirkus Best Books of 2022 for Picture Books, Winner, 2022

4 4

Torch

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

L.A. Times Book Prize Winner, Winner, 2023
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2023
Booklist Editors' Choice, Winner, 2022
Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Winner, 2022

1 2

Where We Come From

Starred Reviews

School Library Journal

Notable Awards

White Raven Book List, Winner, 2023
Carter G. Woodson Book Award Winner, Winner, 2023

2 2

The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2023
School Library Journal Best Book of 2022, Winner, 2022

2 5

A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book, Commended, 2023
ALA Notable Children's Book, Winner, 2023
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2023
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Long-listed, 2023
Kirkus Best Books of 2022 for Picture Books, Winner, 2022

3 2

Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2023
Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Winner, 2022

4 5

From the Tops of the Trees

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Picture Book Winner, Winner, 2023
ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2022
Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Silver Medalist, Runner-up, 2022
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022
Kirkus Best Children's Books, Winner, 2021