Book Awards & Distinctions
for Don Tate
57 Total Book Awards
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions (11)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2017

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Honor, 2017

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2017

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2017
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (10)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2016

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

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2016
Carter Reads the Newspaper (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2019

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2020
William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad (5)

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2021

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Winner, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2021
It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Honor, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2012
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever (4)

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Nonfiction Winner, 2024

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2023

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2025
Honor, 2024
No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2019
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2016
The Cart That Carried Martin (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters (2)
¡Fushhh!: El chorro de inventos súper húmedos de Lonnie Johnson (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2020
The Day Madear Voted (1)
Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Hope's Gift (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014