Book Awards & Distinctions
for Terry Widener
19 Total Book Awards
America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2001
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1998

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2014
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2004
My Name Is James Madison Hemings (2)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2017
The Streak: How Joe Dimaggio Became America's Hero (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2015
The Babe and I (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Honor, 2000
Peg and the Whale (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001