Book Awards & Distinctions
for Suzanne Slade
38 Total Book Awards
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Honor, 2021

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Biography Selection, 2020

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2023
Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2020
Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space (5)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2023

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Science Selection, 2022

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023
Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2023
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2020

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2020

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2020
Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2018

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2019
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2016

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2016
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (3)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Arts Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2017
Dangerous Jane (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Women's History Selection, 2018
Dazzlin' Dolly (2)

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023
Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2023
Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story (2)
Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters (2)
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass (1)
The House That George Built (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter (1)

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Selection, 2024
The Soda Bottle School (1)

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023
Ecology & Nature Honor, 2015