Book Awards & Distinctions
for Tanya Lee Stone
49 Total Book Awards
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (11)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2009

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2010

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2010

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2010

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2010
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers (10)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

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

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2014

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2013

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2014
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented (6)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

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

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2025
Honor, 2021

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2019
The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War (4)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

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

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 6-8 Selection, 2016
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2014
The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Winner, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2010
The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams (3)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2016
Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA (3)

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Selection, 2025

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time (2)
Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together (2)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2023

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