Outstanding Backlist

Amazona

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • USBBY Outstanding International Books List, Winner, 2023
  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2023
  • YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Nominee, Nominated, 2022
  • Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Winner, 2022

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

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

A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Commended, 2022
  • NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Winner, 2022

Just Ash

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • ALA Rainbow Reading List, Winner, 2023

Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Long-listed, 2023
  • NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, Winner, 2022

A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022

Artie and the Wolf Moon

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • ALA Rainbow Reading List, Winner, 2023
  • YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Nominee, Nominated, 2022
  • YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Nominee, Nominated, 2021

Where I Belong

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor, Commended, 2022
  • In the Margins: Best Books for Teens, Winner, 2022
  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022
  • ILA Children's and Young Adult Book Award in Fiction, Commended, 2022
  • Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Winner, 2021

Escape: One Day We Had to Run . . .

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Best Middle-Grade Book, Winner, 2021
  • Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Nonfiction Book, Winner, 2021

How to Build an Insect

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • The German edition Komm, wir entdecken ein Insekt! was nominated for the German Children's Literature Award in the Nonfiction Category, Nominated, 2024
  • NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, Winner, 2022
  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Orbis Pictus Honor Book, Short-listed, 2022
  • American Indian Youth Literature Awards Honor Book, Commended, 2022
  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022
  • Septima Clark Women in Literature Award Honor Book, Commended, 2022
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, Winner, 2021

Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean

Notable Awards

  • Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book, Commended, 2022
  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Winner, 2022
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book, Commended, 2022
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal Honor Book, Commended, 2022
  • Coretta Scott King Author Award, Winner, 2022
  • ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2022

Can You Whistle, Johanna?

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Fiction Book, Winner, 2021
  • Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Book, Winner, 2021