Book Awards & Distinctions
for Nicole Neidhardt
9 Total Book Awards
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults (3)

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

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2023

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2022
What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me: Deb Haaland's Historic Inauguration (3)

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2023

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2024
When We Are Kind / Nihá'ádaahwiinít'į́įgo (3)

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2020

From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books, 2018-2023
Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2021