Book Awards & Distinctions
for Matt Tavares
38 Total Book Awards
Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made it from the Dominican Republic All the Way to… (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2015

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2016

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016
Hoops (4)

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2024

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2023
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
Becoming Babe Ruth (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the Great Blondin (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2017
Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2013
Henry Aaron's Dream (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2011
Lady Liberty: A Biography (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2008
Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Women's History Selection, 2018
Red and Lulu (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2017
The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World (2)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2024
Jubilee!: One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2015
Llegar a ser Pedro: Como los hermanos Martinez llegaron hasta las Grandes Ligas desde un pequeno pueblo en Republica Dominicana (1)
Mudball (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006