Book Awards & Distinctions
for Marc Aronson
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 39 Total Book Awards
Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism (5)

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2018
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science (5)

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2011

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2010

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2012
Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2009
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020
Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue (3)

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2019
The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
1968: Today's Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2019
Bite by Bite: American History Through Feasts, Foods, and Side Dishes (2)
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge (2)
911: The Book of Help (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
Four Streets and a Square: A History of Manhattan and the New York Idea (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2022