Book Awards & Distinctions
for Matt Tavares
36 Total Book Awards
Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made it from the Dominican Republic All the Way to… (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Sports Selection, 2015
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2016
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016
Hoops (4)
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024
Commended, 2024
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2024
Commended, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Sports Selection, 2023
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2021
Becoming Babe Ruth (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Sports Selection, 2013
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the Great Blondin (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Commended, 2013
Henry Aaron's Dream (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2011
Lady Liberty: A Biography (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2008
Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Women's History Selection, 2018
Red and Lulu (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
City Selection, 2017
Jubilee!: One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2015
Llegar a ser Pedro: Como los hermanos Martinez llegaron hasta las Grandes Ligas desde un pequeno pueblo en Republica Dominicana (1)
Mudball (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006