Book Awards & Distinctions
for Russell Freedman
4 Lifetime Achievement Awards 132 Total Book Awards
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (10)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2007
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2007
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2006
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2006
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2007
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2007
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler (9)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
World History & Culture Selection, 2017
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Finalist, 2017
Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2015
Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2013
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2014
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2013
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2005
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 2005
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2005
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2005
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Confucius: The Golden Rule (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2003
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2003
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2003
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2003
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2003
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (6)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1994
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 1994
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1994
Vietnam: A History of the War (6)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2016
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2013
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2012
Children of the Great Depression (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 2006
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2006
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2004
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2003
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2003
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2004
In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2002
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2001
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1995
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 1995
Lafayette and the American Revolution (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2011
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1997
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1997
Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1999
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 1999
The War to End All Wars: World War I (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2010
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2010
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2010
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2008
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2007
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 1992
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1992
The Adventures of Marco Polo (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2007
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 2007
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2006
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2000
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2000
Lincoln: A Photobiography (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Honor, 1988
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Winner, 1988
Washington at Valley Forge (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2009
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2008
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2009
The Boston Tea Party (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2012
Buffalo Hunt (2)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Honor, 1989
Children of the Wild West (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1983
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Honor, 1991
Immigrant Kids (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1980
Indian Chiefs (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987
An Indian Winter (1)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Honor, 1993
Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille (1)
The Sinking of the Vasa: A Shipwreck of Titanic Proportions (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2018