Author record · 2015 to 2025
Suzanne Slade: Awards and Best-of Lists
Suzanne Slade has 3 shortlist or finalist places and 11 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Cozbi A. Cabrera, Thomas Gonzalez
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Behold the Hummingbird! | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2024 | Unlocking the Universe | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2023 | Behold the Octopus! | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2022 | Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America into Space | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2021 | Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2021 | Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2021 | June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2020 | Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2020 | Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2017 | Dangerous Jane | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2015 | The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers |
Books
- Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks6 sources · 2020 to 2021
- Behold the Hummingbird!1 source · 2025
- Behold the Octopus!1 source · 2023
- Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America into Space1 source · 2022
- Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon1 source · 2018
- Dangerous Jane1 source · 2017
- June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus1 source · 2021
- The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford1 source · 2015
- Unlocking the Universe1 source · 2024