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Outstanding Backlist
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
You're Snug With Me
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Best Children’s Books of the Year, Winner, 2019
- Kirkus Best Children's Books, Winner, 2018
- Booklist Editor's Choice, 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
The Visitor
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Best Children’s Books of the Year, Winner, 2019
- New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book, 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
Seeing into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- NCTE Notable Poetry Books, Winner, 2019
- School Library Journal Best Book, Winner, 2018
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- NCTE Notable Poetry Books, Winner, 2019
- ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2019
- Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Books of the Year, Winner, 2018
Snowy Owl Invasion!: Tracking an Unusual Migration
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Starred Reviews
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
- Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Books of the Year, Winner, 2018
Dig In!: 12 Easy Gardening Projects Using Kitchen Scraps
Notable Awards
- AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Finalist, Short-listed, 2019
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2018
- NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Winner, 2018
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2018
- Orbis Pictus Award Honor, Short-listed, 2017
Auma's Long Run
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2018
- Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Books of the Year, Winner, 2017
Locked Up for Freedom: Civil Rights Protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
Notable Awards
- NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Winner, 2018
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2018
The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, Winner, 2017
What Girls Are Made Of
Starred Reviews
Notable Awards
- Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten, Winner, 2018
- ILA Young Adults' Choices, Winner, 2018
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2018
- National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist, Short-listed, 2017
- Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year, Winner, 2017