Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America 
2013 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12 and a School Library Journal Best Children's Books of 2012

 

Awards and Honors

 

 

 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2012
 
 
2012 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12
chosen by the National Science Teachers Association
 
Best Children’s Books of 2012
chosen by School Library Journal
CCBC Choices 2013
chosen by Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin
a Top Ten Children’s History Book of 2012

Starred reviews in Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal  

 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008
 

 

2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational Award Honor Book
awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association

Finalist for the 2010 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2008

Notable Book for Children 2009
chosen by the American Library Association
 
2009 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12
chosen by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council

2008 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book 2009 (10-14)

the South Dakota Library Association Prairie Pasque Award for Grades 3-5, 2011


Nominated for:

the Young Hoosier Book Award, Middle Grades, 2010-2011

the Garden State Teen Book Award for Nonfiction Grades 6-12, 2011


Starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal  

 

 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005
 

 

Best Books for Young Adults 2006
chosen by the American Library Association
 
Best Children’s Books of 2005
chosen by School Library Journal
2006 Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
chosen by the National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council
 
2006 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12
chosen by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council
2006 Orbis Pictus Recommended Book
chosen by the National Council of Teachers of English

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Nonfiction Honor List 2005

2007 Birmingham (AL) Public Library Read It Forward book

2005 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

2006 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age


Nominated for:

the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 2006-2007

the Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award 2008, Grades 6-8

the South Dakota Library Association Prairie Pasque Awards for Grades 4-6, 2007-2008

the Children's Literature Association of Utah's Beehive Award (Informational Book) 2007-2008

the Garden State Book Award (Children's Nonfiction) 2008 


Starred review in School Library Journal  

 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998
 

 

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Nonfiction Honor List 1999

 
Notable Book for Children 1999
chosen by the American Library Association
 
Best Children’s Books of 1998
chosen by School Library Journal
 
Top 100 Children’s Books of 1998
chosen by The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
 
Quick Pick for Young Adult Readers
chosen by the American Library Association

Nominated for:

the Washington Irving Children's Choice Award, Westchester County Public Library Association, 1999-2000.


Starred reviews in School Library Journal and Booklist.

 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. New York: Dell, 1998

 

Selected as an Honor Book for the Washington Irving’s Children Choice Book Award, Westchester County Public Library Association, 1998.

Selected as one of the Favorite Books of the Year by the Young Critics Club of the New Canaan (CT) Library, 1997

Selected as one of the Favorite Books for Grades 4 & 5 by the Palm Beach (FL) County Library System

 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. New York: Dell, 1997

 

Selected as an Honor Book in Science by the Society of School Librarians International.

 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. New York: Dell, 1996

 

Nominated for the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Children’s Nonfiction Book, 1994.

 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. New York: Avon, 1996. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Graphia Books, 2004

 

Selected as a 1999 Popular Paperback for Young Adults, American Library Association

Selected as a Notable Book in the Language Arts, Children’s Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English, 1995.

Selected as an outstanding Book for Middle School Teens, 1994, VOYA.

Selected for the New York Public Library's Books for the Teenage List, 1999

1997-1998 TAYSHAS High School Reading List
Selected by the Young Adult Round Table of the Texas Library Association

Starred reviews in School Library Journal and Notes from the Windowsill.

 

 

 
 

 

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