Book Awards & Distinctions
for Teri Kanefield
10 Total Book Awards
The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement (5)
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2025
Winner, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2026
Commended, 2015
Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Instructional Nonfiction Selection, 2025
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2026
Honor, 2026
Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America (1)
The Extraordinary Suzy Wright: A Colonial Woman on the Frontier (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2017
Guilty?: Crime, Punishment, and the Changing Face of Justice (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2014

