Book Awards & Distinctions
for Catherine Reef
24 Total Book Awards
Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life (8)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2015
Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2017

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2017
Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life (2)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Honor, 2010

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2009
Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's Creator (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
Noah Webster: Man of Many Words (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2016
The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne (1)
Jane Austen: A Life Revealed (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
John Steinbeck (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1997
Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World's First Superstar (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind (1)

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Winner, 2001
This Our Dark Country: The American Settlers of Liberia (1)

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2003
Victoria: Portrait of a Queen (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2018