Author record · 2006 to 2023
Tonya Bolden: Awards and Best-of Lists
Tonya Bolden has won 1 award, the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (2008) for M.L.K. Journey of a King, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 31 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Carol Anderson, Roberta Flack
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll! | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2023 | Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2023 | Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | The Green Piano | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2022 | Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2022 | Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2022 | Going Places | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2021 | Dovey Undaunted: A Black Woman Breaks Barriers in the Law, the Military, and the Ministry | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2020 | Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2020 | Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2019 | Inventing Victoria | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental Man | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2019 | One Person, No Vote (Ya Edition) | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2018 | Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2018 | Facing Frederick | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2018 | Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | We Are Not Yet Equal | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2017 | Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2017 | Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2017 | Crossing Ebenezer Creek | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2017 | Crossing Ebenezer Creek | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2016 | How to Build A Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2014 | Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2013 | Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Older Readers | |
| 2013 | Emancipation Proclamation | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2013 | Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | FDR's Alphabet Soup: New Deal America, 1932-1939 | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2010 | Finding Family | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2009 | George Washington Carver | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2008 | M.L.K. Journey of a King | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2006 | Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2006 | Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American Girl | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children |
Books
- Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty4 sources · 2013 to 2014
- Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental Man4 sources · 2018 to 2019
- Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book4 sources · 2022
- Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!3 sources · 2023
- Crossing Ebenezer Creek2 sources · 2017
- How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture2 sources · 2016 to 2017
- Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl2 sources · 2006
- Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls2 sources · 2017
- Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM1 source · 2020
- Dovey Undaunted: A Black Woman Breaks Barriers in the Law, the Military, and the Ministry1 source · 2021
- FDR's Alphabet Soup: New Deal America, 1932-19391 source · 2010
- Finding Family1 source · 2010
- George Washington Carver1 source · 2009
- Inventing Victoria1 source · 2019
- M.L.K. Journey of a King1 source · 2008
- One Person, No Vote (Ya Edition)1 source · 2019
- Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing1 source · 2020
- The Green Piano1 source · 2023
- We Are Not Yet Equal1 source · 2018