Book Awards & Distinctions
for Rob Sanders
21 Total Book Awards
The Mother of a Movement (4)

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington (4)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Picture Book Winner, 2024

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Finalist, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2023
Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt (3)

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

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Finalist, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2022
Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution. (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020
Blood Brothers (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2023

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2023
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2018
The Fighting Infantryman: The Story of Albert D.J. Cashier, Transgender Civil War Soldier (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2021
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives of LGBTQ+ Heroes (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2025