Book Awards & Distinctions
for Dean Robbins
21 Total Book Awards
¡Mambo Mucho Mambo!: The Dance That Crossed Color Lines (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2020
Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing (3)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Women's History Selection, 2018

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2018
The Fastest Drummer: Clap Your Hands for Viola Smith! (2)
The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World (2)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2024
Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World (2)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2021
Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017