Our books have won over 60 major awards since our first list in 2013:
Ada Byron Lovelace
and the Thinking Machine
Booklist Top Ten Books in Science and Health
Booklist Editor's Choice: Books for Youth 2015
National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book
California Reading Association Eureka Gold Medal Winner
Cook Prize Honor
2016 Amelia Bloomer List
Assoc. of Childrens Librarians of Northern California Outstanding Book
Junior Library Guild Selection
Outstanding Merit, Bank Street Best Children's Books 2016
Patterson Prize Winner
Society of Illustrators, Original Art Show 2016
ILA-CBC Children's Choices Reading List
All Out of Pretty
In the Margins Award Shortlist
Bank Street Books Best Children's Books of the Year 2019
Amelia's Middle-School Graduation Yearbook
Kirkus Best Children's Books of 2015
Beautiful Shades of Brown:
The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring
NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book
Eureka! Nonfiction Book Award Honoree
Northern Lights Book Award Winner
The Big Bang Book
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book
Sakura Medal Shortlist, 2021
Ezra Jack Keats Award Nominee
Cock-a-Doodle Oops!
ILA Honor Book
Caravaggio: Painter on the Run
Junior Library Guild Selection
Hello
Junior Library Guid Selection
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award
Kirkus Best Picture Books of 2019
Golden Duck Notable Picture Book
Floyd's Pick Book Award
Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing
CBCB 2019 Notable Social Studies Trade Book
Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Notable Book
2nd Place Winner, North Texas Book Festival
In a Village By the Sea
Junior Library Guild Selection
Georgia Book Award Nominee
Nutmeg Book Award Nominee
Cybils Finalist
2015 NY Public Library 100 Books for Reading and Sharing List
Pennsylvania Center for the Book Best Children's Books of 2016
Northern California Book Award Winner
Kate Warne: Pinkerton Detective
Junior Library Guild Selection
NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies 2018 Selection
ILA-CBC Children's Choices List 2018
Amelia Bloomer List 2018
Lovely
Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year 2018
Manjhi Moves a Mountain
Sakura Medal Shortlist, 2021
South Asia Book Award
Junior Library Guild Selection
Eureka Honor Book
Ezra Jack Keats Award Finalist
Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards Finalist
ILA-CBC Children's Choices List
NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Selection 2018
North Texas Book Awards Finalist
Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award
Northern Lights Book Award Winner
Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank
Northern Lights Book Award Winner
Notable Book for a Global Society
Minnie & Moo: Hooves of Fire
Kirkus Best Children's Books of 2014
No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan
Freeman Award Winner
National Jewish Book Award Finalist
Junior Library Guild Selection
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics
National Science Teacher Association Best STEM Book
Mathical Honor Book
Sweet Dreams, Sarah
NCSS Notable Book
Eureka Honor Book
Wheels of Change
National Council for Teachers of Social Studies Notable Book for 2014
Wilcox & Griswold Mystery:
The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake
Best Children's Books of 2015, Kirkus Reviews
Wilcox & Griswold Mystery:
The Case of the Poached Egg
Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal
Wishes, Dares, & How to Stand Up to a Bully
NCTE 2021 Notable Verse Novel