Author record · 2011 to 2025
Don Brown: Awards and Best-of Lists
Don Brown has won 2 awards, including the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (2016) for Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, with 4 shortlist or finalist places and 26 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | It's About Time! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2023 | 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Graphic Novels | |
| 2023 | 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months and Years After the 9/11 Attacks | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | We the People! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2021 | A Shot in the Arm | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Graphic Novels | |
| 2020 | Machines That Think! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2019 | The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2019 | Rocket to the Moon! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2018 | The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2018 | The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | The Unwanted | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2016 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2016 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2015 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2015 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2015 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2015 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Older Readers | |
| 2015 | Drowned City | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2015 | Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2014 | He Has Shot the President | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2013 | The Great American Dust Bowl | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2013 | Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | The Great American Dust Bowl | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction |
Books
- Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans10 sources · 2015 to 2016
- The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees5 sources · 2018 to 2019
- 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary3 sources · 2023
- America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell2 sources · 2011
- The Great American Dust Bowl2 sources · 2013
- A Shot in the Arm1 source · 2021
- Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History1 source · 2015
- He Has Shot the President1 source · 2014
- Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution1 source · 2013
- In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months and Years After the 9/11 Attacks1 source · 2022
- It's About Time!1 source · 2025
- Machines That Think!1 source · 2020
- Rocket to the Moon!1 source · 2019
- Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust1 source · 2023
- We the People!1 source · 2022