Book Awards & Distinctions
for Don Brown
75 Total Book Awards
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (13)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2016

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2015

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2016

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2016

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees (9)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2019

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2018

Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Youth Non-Fiction Winner, 2019

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Winner, 2019

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Finalist, 2019
83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2024

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2023

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
The Great American Dust Bowl (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2015

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust (4)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2025

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2023

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2024
A Shot in the Arm! (4)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History (3)

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

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution (3)

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

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years After the 9/11 Attacks (3)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2022
Older Than Dirt: A Wild But True History of Earth (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2017

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 (2)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2020
Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly (2)

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

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2019
All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank (1)
American Boy: The Adventures of Mark Twain (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
The Good Lion (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
He Has Shot the President!: April 14, 1865: The Day John Wilkes Booth Killed President Lincoln (1)
Machines That Think! (1)
Mack Made Movies (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2004
Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries (1)
Rocket to the Moon! (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2019
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
We the People! (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Series Nonfiction Selection, 2023