Don Brown (children's author)

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Don Brown
Born1949 (age 74–75)
OccupationAuthor and illustrator
NationalityAmerican
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Don Brown (born 1949) [1] is an American author and illustrator of children's books.

Contents

Awards and honors

Sixteen of Brown's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Kid Blink Beats the World (2004), [2] The Good Lion (2005), [3] Bright Path (2006), [4] Teedie (2009), [5] A Wizard from the Start (2010), [6] Gold! Gold from the American River! (2011), [7] Henry and the Cannons (2013), [8] The Great American Dust Bowl (2014), [9] He has Shot the President! (2014), [10] Drowned City (2015), [11] Aaron and Alexander (2016), [12] The Unwanted (2018), [13] Up and Down (2018), [14] Rocket to the Moon (2019), [15] Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 (2020), [16] and In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers (2021). [17]

Many of Brown's books have also been included on lists of the best books of the year. In 2013, Henry and the Cannons was included on School Library Journal 's list of the best nonfiction books of the year, [18] and The Great American Dust Bowl was included on lists of the best books of year by Kirkus Reviews [19] and Horn Book. [20] In 2015, Aaron and Alexander was included on School Library Journal's list of the best books of year. [21] Additionally, Drowned City was included on lists of the best books of the year by Booklist , [11] Chicago Public Library, [22] Horn Book Magazine, [23] Kirkus Reviews, [24] New York Public Library, [11] Publishers Weekly , [25] and School Library Journal. [11] In 2018, Unwanted was included on lists of the best books of the year by Horn Book Magazine, [26] Kirkus Reviews, [27] the New York Public Library, [13] and Shelf Awareness. [28] In 2019, Rocket to the Moon was on Kirkus Reviews's best books of the year. [29]

Awards for Brown's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2005Odd Boy Out ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [30]
2007Dolley Madison Saves George Washington Cybils Award Nominee [31]
2009Mack Made Movies ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [32]
2011America is Under Attack Cybils Award Nominee [33]
2012 ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [34]
2013The Great American Dust Bowl Bulletin Blue RibbonRecipient [35]
2014America is Under Attack William Allen White Children's Book Award Winner [36]
2015Drowned CityBooklist Editors' Choice: Books for YouthSelection [37]
Bulletin Blue RibbonRecipient [38]
Cybils Award Nominee [11]
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Finalist [39]
2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Publication for TeensFinalist [40]
Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top 10 [41]
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Winner [42]
Notable Books for a Global SocietyWinner [43]
ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [44]
Sibert Medal Honor [45]
2017 Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee [46]
2018 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee
Older than Dirt ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [47]
2019The Unwanted ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [48]
Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top 10 [49] [50]
Middle East Book Award for Youth Non-FictionWinner [51]
Outstanding Books for the College BoundSelection [52]
Sibert Medal Honor [53] [54]
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner [55] [54]
2022In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers Cybils Award Finalist [56]
Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection [17]
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Honor [57] [58]

Publications

Historical fiction

Nonfiction for older readers

Nonfiction for younger readers

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