Book Awards & Distinctions
for Dow Phumiruk
28 Total Book Awards
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 (9)

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Winner, 2019

Giverny Book Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2019

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

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2025
Honor, 2019

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2019

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2019

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2019
Her Name Was Mary Katharine: The Only Woman Whose Name Is on the Declaration of Independence (4)

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
A Life of Service: The Story of Senator Tammy Duckworth (4)

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2023

Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024
Honor, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines (4)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Women's History Selection, 2018
Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions (3)
Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2020
An Equal Shot: How the Law Title IX Changed America (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022