Book Awards & Distinctions
for Michelle Markel
22 Total Book Awards
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 (8)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2014

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2014

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-Of-Age of Children's Books (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2024

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Winner, 2024

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2023

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2023
Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2017
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau (1)
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead (1)
Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Tyrannosaurus Math (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010