Author record · 2006 to 2022
Sally M. Walker: Awards and Best-of Lists
Sally M. Walker has won 1 award, the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (2006) for Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 11 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Douglas W. Owsley
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2019 | Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2018 | Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2015 | Winnie | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2015 | Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2012 | Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2012 | Freedom Song: The Story of Henry "Box" Brown | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2012 | Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Blizzard of Glass | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2009 | Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2009 | Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Nonfiction | |
| 2006 | Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Informational Book | |
| 2006 | Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children |
Books
- Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland4 sources · 2009 to 2010
- Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree2 sources · 2018 to 2019
- Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley2 sources · 2006
- Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World2 sources · 2012
- Winnie2 sources · 2015
- Blizzard of Glass1 source · 2011
- Freedom Song: The Story of Henry "Box" Brown1 source · 2012
- Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku1 source · 2022