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

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

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
  • White Ravens, 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

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

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

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

Niko Draws a Feeling

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book, Short-listed, 2018
  • NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, Winner, 2018
  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2018
  • MIBA Midwest Connections Pick, Runner-up, 2017

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • USBBY Outstanding International Books List, Winner, 2018
  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2018
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, Winner, 2017

Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2018
  • NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Winner, 2018
  • NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, Winner, 2017
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, Winner, 2017

Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, Winner, 2018
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book, Commended, 2018
  • AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Longlist, Long-listed, 2017

Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book, Commended, 2017
  • NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Winner, 2017
  • Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit, Winner, 2017
  • ILA Teacher's Choices, Winner, 2017
  • Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book, Commended, 2016

Plants Can't Sit Still

Starred Reviews

Notable Awards

  • NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts, Winner, 2017
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, Winner, 2016