Awards
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
- Product: No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
San Diego Book Award
- Product: Who Was Sitting Bull?: And Other Questions about the Battle of Little Bighorn
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
School Library Journal Best Book
- Product: No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
School Library Journal Best Book
- Product: Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
School Library Journal Best Book
- Product: Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
School Library Journal Top Books for Youth in Detention
- Product: The Knife and the Butterfly
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: From Cocoa Bean to Chocolate
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Anxiety Disorders
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Meltdown!: The Nuclear Disaster in Japan and Our Energy Future
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Let's Make a Bar Graph
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Let's Make a Circle Graph
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: From Tadpole to Frog
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Sparrow, Eagle, Penguin, and Seagull: What Is a Bird?
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Tortoise, Tree Snake, Gator, and Sea Snake: What Is a Reptile?
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: What to Expect When You're Expecting Hatchlings: A Guide for Crocodilian Parents (and Curious Kids)
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: From Milk to Ice Cream
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: From Shoot to Apple
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Seven Wonders of the Gas Giants and Their Moons
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Go Easy on Energy
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Watch Over Our Water
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Exploring the International Space Station
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Exploring Space Robots
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Elephant Talk: The Surprising Science of Elephant Communication
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2012