Book Awards & Distinctions
for Rich Wallace
16 Total Book Awards
Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2022

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022
The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History (4)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2020

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2020

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2021

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2021
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2017

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2017
Babe Conquers the World: The Legendary Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1)
Bound by Ice: A True North Pole Survival Story (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2018