Outstanding Backlist

Not So Shy

Notable Awards

• Sydney Taylor Book Award Middle Grade Honor, Commended, 2024

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

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

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal
• Booklist
• Publishers Weekly
• Kirkus Reviews

Notable Awards

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

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

Starred Reviews

• Booklist
• School Library Journal
• Shelf Awareness
• Booklist
• Publishers Weekly

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

The Bear and the Wildcat

Starred Reviews

• Publishers Weekly
• Kirkus 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

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

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal
• The Horn Book Magazine
• Kirkus 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

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

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal
• Publishers Weekly
• Kirkus 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

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

Torch

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal
• Booklist
• Publishers Weekly
• Kirkus 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

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

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

Starred Reviews

• Booklist
• School Library Journal

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

A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn

Starred Reviews

• Booklist
• Kirkus 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

Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal
• Booklist
• Kirkus 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

• Publishers Weekly
• School Library Journal
• Booklist
• Kirkus 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

• School Library Journal
• Publishers Weekly
• Kirkus Reviews

Notable Awards

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