Awards
A Sky That Sings, by Anita Sanchez
National Education Association's Recommended Reading for Read Across America July 2026
Save The...Pandas, by Anita Sanchez
Children’s Book Council Favorites Award in the Children’s Favorites 3rd-5th grade category 2025
Swallows Swirl, by Christina Wilsdon
John Burroughs Association's Riverby Award to excellent natural history books for young readers 2025
Otherworldly Antarctica, by Edmund Stump
Named one of CounterPunch's 15 Best Books of 2024
The Forest in the Sea: Seaweed Solutions to Planetary Problems, by Anita Sanchez
Green Earth Book Award Children's Non-Fiction Recommended Reading Book 2024
Listen to the Birds, by Donald Kroodsma, Léna Mazilu, and Yoann Gueny
American Birding Association's American Birding Podcast Best Bird Books of the 2023
The Monkey Trial: John Scopes and the Battle Over Teaching Evolution, by Anita Sanchez
Named one of Committee of Bank Street College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year 2023
New York Public Library's Best Books for Kids List 2023
One of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year (Nonfiction Middle to High school) 2023
Kickass Health Lada: How to Thrive with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults!, by Jacqueline Haskins
American Book Fest's General Health Winner 2023
A Dog's Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team,
by James Guy Mansfield and Suzanne Elshult
Foreword INDIE Gold Winner For Adventure, Sports & Recreation 2022
Meltdown, by Anita Sanchez
Skipping Stones Awards honoree in the Nature and Ecology category 2023
Named on Audubon's Eight Fantastic New Birdy and Nature-Themed Books for Kids 2022
Hello, Puddle, by Anita Sanchez
Named one of the best books of the year by the Bank Street College of Education’s Children’s Book Committee 2022
Blueberry Honor Book 2022
Good Housekeeping Best Kids' Book Awards 2022
Chicago Public Library’s Best of 2022
A Blissful Feast: Culinary Adventures in Italy's Piedmont, Maremma, and Le Marche, by Teresa Lust
One of the best cookbooks of 2020 by Stylecaster.com
Named one of the five best books for travel right now by the AAA
Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II, by Andrea Warren
Eureka! Gold Award 2019
Included in the School Library Journal's Best Books of 2019
Bank Street College Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Best Nonfiction Book for 2019
NCIBA Golden Poppy Book Award 2019
Midland Authors' Best Nonfiction Title for Children 2019
ASJA Award for Best Nonfiction Book for Children/Young Adult 2019
Rotten!, by Anita Sanchez
Junior Library Guild Selection
Center for Biological Diversity: Best Environmental Books of January 2019
ITCH!, by Anita Sanchez
William Allen White Master List 2020 (Shortlisted)
2019 Junior Library Guild Selection
One of Bank Street Center for Children's Literature's Best Books of the Year
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books 2018 (Finalist)
2018 Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Older Readers
The Sugar Season, by Douglas Whynott
2014 Grand Prize Winner, Green Book Festival
Mingus Speaks, by John Goodman
2014 Best Research in Recorded Jazz Award, Association for Recorded Sound Collections
A Roof at the Bottom of the World, by Edmund Stump
2011 PROSE Award Honorable Mention, Earth Science
When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home, by Paula J. Caplan
2011 PROSE Award
Psychology Groundbreaking Book of the Month, Indpendent Publisher Awards
Silver Medal, Independent Publisher Awards
In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti, by Susan Tejada
Gold Medal, Independent Publisher Awards
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London, by Andrea Warren
2011 Outstanding Children's Book Award Co-Winner, American Society of Journalists & Authors
Best Books of 2011, School Library Journal
Best Books of 2011, Bank Street College of Education
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, CBC and the National Council for the Social Studies
Favorite Non-Fiction of 2011, Richie Partington, Librarian Blogger
Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro, by Janice Perlman
2010 PROSE Award, Best In All Social Sciences Categories
2010 PROSE Award, Sociology and Social Work
Under Seige! Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg, by Andrea Warren
2009 Best Book, Social Studies Grades 7-12, Society of School Librarians International
2009 Best Book, Social Studies Grades K-6, Society of School Librarians International
2009 Outstanding Book Award, American Society of Journalists & Authors
2011 Kansas Notable Book Teachers' Choice Award, International Reading Association
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became An American Boy, by Andrea Warren
2005 Best Children's Book, Society of Midland Authors
2005 Notable Book For A Global Society, International Reading Association
2007 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Nomination
2005 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
2004 Editors' Choice Best of the Year, American Library Association
2005-2006 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List
Orbis Pictus Nominee for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, National Council of Teachers of English
2004 Book Links Lasting Connection Award
2004 Editor's Choice, Booklist
2004 Finalist, Disney Adventures Magazine Book Biography Award
We Rode the Orphan Trains, by Andrea Warren
2001 Top Ten Biography, Booklist
2001 Nonfiction Honor Book, VOYA
Recommended Book, Parents' Choice Foundation
Recommended Book, PBS Teacher Source
Notable Trade Book for Young People, National Council of Social Studies
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps, by Andrea Warren
Robert F. Sibert Honor for Most Distinguished Informational Book for Children, American Library Association
Gold Medal for Children's Nonfiction, National Association of Parenting Publications
100 Notable Books for 2001, Kansas City Star
Notable Trade Book for Young People, National Council for the Social Studies
Notable Children's Book of Jewish Content, Association of Jewish Libraries
Sydney Taylor Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries
2001 Outstanding Children's Book, American Society of Journalists & Authors
Nonfiction Book Award, Society of Midland Authors
Learned Research Journal Award, Brandeis University National Women's Committee
2001 Nonfiction Honor Book, VOYA
Notable Children's Book, American Library Association
Children's Choice Literature Award
2004 William Allen White Book Award Winner
2003-2004 William Allen White Book Award Masterlist
2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award Masterlist
Kansas State Reading Circle Selection
Featured at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.
Featured at the Harry Truman Presidential Library, Independence, MO
Pioneer Girl: Growing Up on the Prarie, by Andrea Warren
Best Children's Book Award, Society of Midland Authors
Finalist, Golden Sower Award
Notable Trade Book for Young People, National Council for the Social Studies
Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee Scholastic Book Club Selection
Children's Book Award, South Carolina Association of School Librarians
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, National Council of Teachers of English
Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, by Andrea Warren
Top 200 Children's Books for the Millenium, Scholastic Press
Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, Boston Globe
Notable Book, American Library Association
School Library Journal Best Book
100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library
Book of Distinction, The Hungry Mind Review
Best Children's Nonfiction Award, Society of Midland Authors
Notable Trade Book for Young People, National Council for the Social Studies
Notable Trade Book for Young People, Children's Book Council
Kansas State Reading Circle Selection
Scholastic Book Club Selection
Best Book, Society of School Librarians
International Children's Choice Literature Award
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
Pennsylvania Young Readers Award
2000 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award Masterlist
Lamplight Award, National Christian Schools
Young Hoosier Book Award
Jane Addams Children's Honor Book