JIMMY'S RHYTHM & BLUES: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin

*Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award/American Library Association (ALA) - Jamiel Law 

*Starred review, Publishers Weekly

*Starred review, The Horn Book 

*Starred review, School Library Journal

*ALA Rainbow Book List - Top 10 Titles for Young Readers & Early Elementary Titles

*Notable Social Studies Trade Book Award List - National Council for Social Studies & Children's Book Council

*Read Across America book selection 

*Big Ideas Book Club selection at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

*A featured book for Happy Literacy Across Harlem Day

*Bestselling Books at The Schomburg Shop, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

*Kirkus Best Picture Books of the Year

*New York Public Library Best Books for Kids

*Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Young Readers

*Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books of the Year

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HOW TO LOVE A PONY

*Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education

*Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Beginning Fiction

*Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books (Fiction for Young Readers)

*Easy Books and Early Chapter Books, Fuse 8 - School Library Journal 

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MAXIE WIZ AND HER DRAGON

*Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books (Fiction for Young Readers)

*Appreciate a Dragon Day - School Library Journal 

 

MAXIE WIZ AND THE MAGIC CHARMS

*Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books (Fiction for Young Readers)

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FLYING HIGH: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles

*Delaware Great Reads - Delaware Center for the Book's children's book selection for the National Book Festival

*These Children's Books Will Get You in the Olympic Spirit - The New York Times

*Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems Reading List, Texas Library Association

*20 Picture Books About the Olympics for Kids, popsugar.com

BRAVE BALLERINA: The Story of Janet Collins

*Junior Library Guild Selection

*Starred review, School Library Journal

*Starred review, Shelf Awareness

*New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 

*Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education

*Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems Reading List, Texas Library Association

*Women Who Lead award, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Organization (Delaware)

*South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee

*Notable Social Studies Trade Books Award List - National Council for Social Studies & Children's Book Council

*Wisconsin State Reading Association Recommended Reading List

*Honor Book, Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award, Beginning Nonfiction

*Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee

*Los Angeles Times Reading List

 

HIBERNATION STATION

*South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee

*New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award Nominee

*Children's Book of the Year, Under Five Category, Bank Street College of Education

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THE WAY THE STORM STOPS

*Recommended book, Bank Street College Library's Diversity List for Children

*Recommended book, Peep and the Big, Wide World