Book Awards & Distinctions
for Karen Blumenthal
21 Total Book Awards
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2012
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Winner, 2006

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2006
Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Reference Selection, 2021

Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2025
Winner, 2021
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2003

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2012

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2013
Tommy: The Gun That Changed America (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History (1)

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2017
Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America's Fight for Freedom (1)

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