Book Awards & Distinctions
for Sally M. Walker
34 Total Book Awards
Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree (6)
![Best STEM Books, 2017-2024](/images/awards/78.jpg.pagespeed.ce.zL_DDfO9dq.jpg)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2019
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
![Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024](/images/list_image/3300.jpg)
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2019
![Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024](/images/list_image/5230.jpg)
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2019
Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku (5)
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023
![Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024](/images/awards/105.png)
Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
![Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024](/images/awards/152.png.pagespeed.ce.IIJpUzfmkT.png)
Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2023
![Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024](/images/awards/124.jpg)
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2023
![Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024](/images/awards/130.jpg.pagespeed.ce.GdwyjkW0Lx.jpg)
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2023
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (5)
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png.pagespeed.ce.rqZg92-sK4.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2010
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
![Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024](/images/list_image/3300.jpg)
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2010
![Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024](/images/list_image/5230.jpg)
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2010
![YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024](/images/list_image/4350.jpg)
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024
Finalist, 2010
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley (4)
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png.pagespeed.ce.rqZg92-sK4.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
![Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1577.jpg.pagespeed.ce.hZpAiMOgzy.jpg)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005
![Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024](/images/list_image/3300.jpg)
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2006
Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World (3)
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Middle Selection, 2012
![SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023](/images/awards/89.jpg.pagespeed.ce.B9zziK7vbV.jpg)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2012
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 (2)
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png.pagespeed.ce.rqZg92-sK4.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation (2)
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2014
![Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024](/images/awards/106.png.pagespeed.ce.IIJpUzfmkT.png)
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2015
Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home (2)
Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-The-Pooh (2)
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2015
Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up (1)
Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster (1)
The Vowel Family: A Tale of Lost Letters (1)
![Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1577.jpg.pagespeed.ce.hZpAiMOgzy.jpg)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2008