Outstanding Backlist
Thanku: Poems of Gratitude
Notable Awards
- ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2020
- NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts, Winner, 2020
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
Growing Up Gorilla: How a Zoo Baby Brought Her Family Together
Notable Awards
- 2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Finalist, Short-listed, 2021
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
Summer Green to Autumn Gold: Uncovering Leaves' Hidden Colors
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Longlist, Long-listed, 2020
The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
- NPR Best Books of the Year, Winner, 2019
Sincerely, Harriet
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, Winner, 2020
- Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Book, Winner, 2019
I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon
Notable Awards
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: The Quest to Save a Rain Forest Species
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books, Winner, 2020
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
Let 'Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book, Commended, 2020
- ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2020
- NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books, Winner, 2020
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
- Kirkus Best Children's Books, Winner, 2019
Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- NCTE Notable Poetry Books, Winner, 2020
- ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2020
- NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts, Winner, 2020
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
- Kirkus Best Children's Books, Winner, 2019
Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate
Notable Awards
- 2020 Cook Prize Honor Book, Winner, 2020
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
The Runaways
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2020
- Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Book, Winner, 2019
- Booklist Editors' Choice, Winner, 2019
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, Winner, 2019
- Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Best Children’s Books of the Year, Winner, 2019
- Carter G. Woodson Book Award, Winner, 2019
I, Claudia
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Michael L. Printz Honor Book, Commended, 2019
- Children's Book Committee at the Bank Street Center for Children's Literature Best Children’s Books of the Year, Winner, 2019
- Booklist Editor's Choice, Winner, 2018
- Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Winner, 2018
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Batchelder Honor Book, Commended, 2019
- ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2019
- Eisner Nominee, Nominated, 2019
- New York Times Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2018
Eavesdropping on Elephants: How Listening Helps Conservation
Notable Awards
- NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books, Winner, 2019
- Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Best Children’s Books of the Year, Winner, 2019
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts, Winner, 2013
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2013
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, Winner, 2013
- Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Winner, 2012
- Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Winner, 2012