Book Awards & Distinctions
for Tonya Bolden

67 Total Book Awards

Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty

Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Crossing Ebenezer Creek is on 2 State Lists

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man

Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl

No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas
No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas is on 1 State List

Beautiful Moon: A Child's Prayer

Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver is on 3 State Lists

Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book is on 6 State Lists

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music is on 4 State Lists

How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

Great Minds of Science

M.L.K.: The Journey of a King

Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls is on 2 State Lists

This Kid Can Fly: It's about Ability (Not Disability)
This Kid Can Fly: It's about Ability (Not Disability) is on 1 State List

Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877

The Champ

Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow is on 3 State Lists

Finding Family
Finding Family is on 1 State List

Inventing Victoria

Saving Savannah

Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America
Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America is on 1 State List

Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut

Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing
Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing is on 2 State Lists

Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America

Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists

We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide is on 1 State List