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

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2021

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2020

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020
Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space (5)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2023

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2022

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2020

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2020

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2020
Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2019

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

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2019
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2016

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2016
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (3)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2017

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2017
Dangerous Jane (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Women's History Selection, 2018
Dazzlin' Dolly (2)

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story (2)
Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters (2)
Unlocking the Universe: The Cosmic Discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope (2)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Instructional Nonfiction Selection, 2025
Behold the Hummingbird (1)

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2025
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass (1)
The House That George Built (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter (1)
The Soda Bottle School (1)

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Ecology & Nature Honor, 2015