Book Awards & Distinctions
for Mara Rockliff
44 Total Book Awards
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France (10)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Cook Prize, 2012-2024
Winner, 2016
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Honor, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Science Selection, 2015
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2015
Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2023
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2023
Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017
Me and Momma and Big John (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Honor, 2013
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Text Winner, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
City Selection, 2012
Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Arts Selection, 2018
Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
Chik Chak Shabbat (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
City Selection, 2014
The Grudge Keeper (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2015
Lights! Camera! Alice!: The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker (2)
My Heart Will Not Sit Down (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
Author Honor, 2013
Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2022