Book Awards & Distinctions
for Sally Wern Comport
20 Total Book Awards
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay (8)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2025
Younger Readers Winner, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2017

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2017
Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space (5)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2023

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023

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

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
El violín de Ada: La historia de la Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados del Paraguay (2)
Wonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World (2)
Nile Crossing (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2017
On Point (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2018
Power Forward (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2018