Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1993 -- honoring a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people
Sponsored by Bank Street College of Education Center for Children's Literature
![Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/109.jpg)
- 891 Resources including
- 84 Videos
- 45 Book Readings
- 83 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-40 of 40 book results
![Dreamers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0823440559.jpg)
![All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536209457.jpg)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Older Readers Winner, 2021)
51 Resources18 Awards
![Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0763665312.jpg)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Winner, 2016)
46 Resources16 Awards
![March Book Three](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1603094024.jpg)
March Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
(Older Readers Winner, 2017)
45 Resources14 Awards
![Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0547199457.jpg)
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
(Younger Readers Winner, 2012)
33 Resources12 Awards
![Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/82970_hi.jpg)
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington
(Winner, 2023)
32 Resources16 Awards
![Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1467789038.jpg)
![Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1481430955.jpg)
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
(Younger Readers Winner, 2017)
30 Resources8 Awards
![When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0439269679.jpg)
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
(Honor, 2003)
29 Resources7 Awards
![Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0061804428.jpg)
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
(Winner, 2014)
29 Resources8 Awards
![Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/67286_hi.jpg)
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
by Ashley Bryan
(Winner, 2020)
29 Resources12 Awards
![Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1629799394.jpg)
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights
by Beth Anderson and E.B. Lewis
(Younger Readers Winner, 2021)
28 Resources7 Awards
![Love That Dog](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0060292873.jpg)
![Lincolns, The: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0375836187.jpg)
![Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763636118.jpg)
![Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0316070165.jpg)
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
(Winner, 2011)
27 Resources4 Awards
![Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/141695046X.jpg)
![Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/37041_hi.jpg)
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
by Susan Kuklin
(Winner, 2015)
22 Resources8 Awards
![Hear My Voice / Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1523513489.jpg)
Hear My Voice / Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States
(Winner, 2022)
21 Resources8 Awards
![Through My Eyes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0590189239.jpg)
![Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0823420310.jpg)
![Librarian of Basra, The: A True Story from Iraq](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0152054456.jpg)
![Race to Save the Lord God Bird, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0374361738.jpg)
![Hana's Suitcase: A True Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0807531480.jpg)
![Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0763629766.jpg)
Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
(Winner, 2013)
15 Resources7 Awards
![Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0899198627.jpg)
![Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0375868895.jpg)
Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
(Older Readers Winner, 2012)
13 Resources6 Awards
![Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0525580034.jpg)
![Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0618663916.jpg)
![Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0823441512.jpg)
Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II
(Winner, 2020)
12 Resources4 Awards
![Indestructible Tom Crean, The: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0593117727.jpg)
The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic
(Younger Readers Winner, 2024)
11 Resources4 Awards
![No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0763609846.jpg)
No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance
by Doreen Rappaport and Shane W. Evans
(Winner, 2003)
10 Resources1 Awards
![Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0063214482.jpg)
Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis
by Susan Hood
(Older Readers Winner, 2024)
10 Resources3 Awards
![Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0618445552.jpg)
![Ballerina Dreams: A True Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0312370296.jpg)
Ballerina Dreams: A True Story
by Lauren Thompson and James Estrin
(Winner, 2008)
9 Resources4 Awards
![Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0395898986.jpg)
Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin
(Winner, 2001)
9 Resources3 Awards
![Parallel Journeys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0613286006.jpg)
![Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/067989005X.jpg)
Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen
by Casey King, Linda Barrett Osborne, and Joe Brooks
(Winner, 1998)
7 Resources2 Awards
![Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0805054596.jpg)
Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery
by Susan Kuklin
(Winner, 1999)
7 Resources2 Awards
![Hawk Mother: The Story of a Red-Tailed Hawk Who Hatched Chickens](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0988330377.jpg)