Book Awards & Distinctions
for Ann Bausum
39 Total Book Awards
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2007

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2007

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2007
Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, & Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and... (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Winner, 2008

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2008

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2008
The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Series Nonfiction Selection, 2024

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2024

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2005

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2005
Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2025
Winner, 2010

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2010
The March Against Fear: The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2018
Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights & Civil Rights Set the Stage for MLK Jr.'s Final Hours (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2025
Winner, 2013

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2013
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Viral: The Fight Against AIDS in America (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews (2)
Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2015