Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kathleen Krull
56 Total Book Awards
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2004

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2003

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2004

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2003

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2004

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2004
The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2013

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2014
Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought) (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Honor, 1994
The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America (3)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2020

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2021

Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024
Winner, 2021
Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil Degrasse Tyson (3)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2019

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2019
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1997

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 1997
Albert Einstein (2)
The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth (2)
Dolley Madison (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
Leonardo Da Vinci (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2006

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005
Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought) (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2000
Lives of the Explorers: Discoveries, Disasters (and What the Neighbors Thought) (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2015
Marie Curie (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2008
Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Benjamin Franklin (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2013
Born Reading: 20 Stories of Women Reading Their Way Into History (1)
The Boy on Fairfield Street (1)
Coretta Scott King (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2016
Frenemies in the Family: Famous Brothers and Sisters Who Butted Heads and Had Each Other's Backs (1)
Gonna Sing My Head Off! (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
Isaac Newton (1)
Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything (1)
Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought) (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought) (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2014
Mary Todd Lincoln (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2016
No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1)
One Nation, Many Tribes: How Kids Live in Milwaukee's Indian Community (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Sigmund Freud (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2007