Book Awards & Distinctions
for April Chu
15 Total Book Awards
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (7)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2017

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Honor, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2016

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2016
Kate Warne, Pinkerton Detective (3)

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Women's History Selection, 2018
Down by the River: A Family Fly Fishing Story (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2019
Summoning the Phoenix: Poems and Prose about Chinese Musical Instruments (2)
In a Village by the Sea (1)

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