Book Awards & Distinctions
for Terry Widener
19 Total Book Awards
America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2001
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1998
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Sports Selection, 2013
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2014
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings (2)
My Name Is James Madison Hemings (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
The Streak: How Joe Dimaggio Became America's Hero (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Sports Selection, 2014
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2015
The Babe and I (1)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Text Honor, 2000
Peg and the Whale (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001