Book Awards & Distinctions
for Suzanne Slade
39 Total Book Awards
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (9)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2021
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2020
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2021
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020
Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space (5)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2023
Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Science Selection, 2022
Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2023
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon (3)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2020
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2020
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2020
Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon (3)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2019
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford (3)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2016
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2016
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (3)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Arts Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
Dangerous Jane (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Women's History Selection, 2018
Dazzlin' Dolly (2)
Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2023
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story (2)
Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters (2)
Behold the Hummingbird (1)
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2025
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass (1)
The House That George Built (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter (1)
The Soda Bottle School (1)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Ecology & Nature Honor, 2015