Book Awards & Distinctions
for Gail Jarrow
47 Total Book Awards
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2019

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Honor, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2023

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2023

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2023

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2022

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2023
Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America (7)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2017

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016
The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2019

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2020

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2020

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2020
Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2021

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2021
Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat (4)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Finalist, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Instructional Nonfiction Selection, 2024

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield (2)
Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2015