Book Awards & Distinctions
for Tonya Bolden
64 Total Book Awards
Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2014
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2013
Crossing Ebenezer Creek (5)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2017
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2019
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2018
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 2006
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2006
No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2019
Beautiful Moon: A Child's Prayer (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Honor, 2015
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM (3)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2020
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2021
George Washington Carver (3)
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book (3)
The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2017
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2017
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll (3)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2023
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
M.L.K.: The Journey of a King (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2008
Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls (2)
This Kid Can Fly: It's about Ability (Not Disability) (2)
Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877 (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
The Champ (1)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (1)
Finding Family (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Inventing Victoria (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2019
Saving Savannah (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021
Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America (1)
Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing (1)
Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005