Book Awards & Distinctions
for Gary Golio
21 Total Book Awards
Bird & Diz (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Emergent Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2015
Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2018
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2023
Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Women's History Selection, 2018
Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars (2)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2020
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2021
Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix (2)
Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry) (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Arts Selection, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2020
Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
City Selection, 2022
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2022
Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
When Bob Met Woody: The Story of the Young Bob Dylan (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
