Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book AwardGold Award

Given by California Reading Association

105 Works / 108 Items 13,291 Books 978 Reviews 4.2
The California Reading Association has established an award to celebrate and honor nonfiction children’s books. The Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award will assist teachers, librarians, show more and parents in identifying outstanding nonfiction books for their students and children.

Eligible books must be nonfiction, but can be in any genre including poetry, folktale/fairy tale, informational, biography, memoir, cookbooks, joke books, self-help, reference, etc. Concisely: Any book that is not fiction is eligible for the Eureka!

Book Submission

Gold and silver (honor) awards will be selected each year from submitted books and will reflect a wide diversity of nonfiction genres and age level interest.

The winners will be announced to our membership and posted on the CRA website in October of each year.

2021 Book Submission Form

Books must be submitted to be eligible for the Eureka! award. Submissions will be received from June 1 through September 1 of each year. Submissions must be accompanied by the submission entry form and mailed to the California Reading Association (see the submission form for details).

Books must have been published during the current year or two years prior. Only books published during those three years are eligible.

Books may be submitted by a publisher, author, illustrator, or other interested individual.
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Stages:
All, Gold Award (108), Honor Award (62)
Categories:
All, No Category (108)
Years:
All, 2023 (10), 2022 (10), 2021 (10), 2020 (10), 2019 (10), 2018 (10), 2017 (12), 2016 (12), 2015 (10), 2014 (8), 2010 (6)

Gold Award 108

WorkYear
Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals by Linda Ashman2023
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger2023
Dig, Dance, Dive: How Birds Move to Survive by Etta Kaner2023
Born Reading: 20 Stories of Women Reading Their Way into History by Kathleen Krull2023
Boundless by Chaunte Lowe2023
Elephants Remember: A True Story by Jennifer O'Connell2023
Latin Americans in History: 15 Inspiring Latinas and Latinos You Should Know (Biographies for Kids) by Monica Olivera2023
Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project by Gayle E Pitman2023
Eclipse by Andy Rash2023
Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons by Laura Purdie Salas2023
Hardcourt: Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association by Fred Bowen2022
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges2022
Serengeti: Plains of Grass by Leslie Bulion2022
Kiyo Sato : from a WWII Japanese internment camp to a life of service by Connie Goldsmith2022
Lifesize Baby Animals by Sophy Henn2022
Wake, Sleepy One: California Poppies and the Super Bloom by Lisa Kerr2022
A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use by Sara Levine2022
A is for Asian American: An Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Alphabet (Arts and Culture Alphabet) by Virginia Loh-Hagan2022
Pika Country: Climate Change at the Top of the World by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Ph.D.2022
Just You and Me: Remarkable Relationships in the Wild by Jennifer Ward2022
Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, And Trying Again by Shakirah Bourne2021
When You Breathe by Diana Farid2021
Keeping the City Going by Brian Floca2021
Walking toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim by Kathleen Krull2021
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore2021
The Beak Book by Robin Page2021
Little Dandelion Seeds the World by Julia Richardson2021
An Emotional Menagerie: Feelings from A to Z by The School of Life2021
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford2021
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston by Alicia D. Williams2021
Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring by Matthew Burgess2020
You're Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration by Loree Burns2020
Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals by Katy S. Duffield2020
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes2020
Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond by Alexandra Horowitz2020
Nian, The Chinese New Year Dragon by Virginia Loh-Hagan2020
T is for Thor: A Norse Mythology Alphabet by Virginia Loh-Hagan2020
Fred's Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers by Laura Renauld2020
Even More Fantastic Failures: True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First by Luke Reynolds2020
Everybody Counts: A counting story from 0 to 7.5 billion by Kristin Roskifte2020
What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett2019
Bad Boys of Fashion: Style Rebels and Renegades Through the Ages by Jennifer Croll2019
Pushinka the Barking Fox: A True Story of Unexpected Friendship by Lee Alan Dugatkin2019
EYE SPY: Wild Ways Animals See the World by Guillaume Duprat2019
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes2019
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Scholastic Focus) by Henry Louis Gates Jr.2019
A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy2019
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean by Dean Robbins2019
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor by Laurie Wallmark2019
Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II by Andrea Warren2019
Ski Soldier: A World War II Biography by Louise Borden2018
The Book of Massively Epic Engineering Disasters by Sean Connolly2018
Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers2018
Eavesdropping on Elephants: How Listening Helps Conservation by Patricia Newman2018
Bunk 9's Guide to Growing Up: Secrets, Tips, and Expert Advice on the Good, the Bad, and the Awkward by Adah Nuchi2018
Maya Lin by Susan Goldman Rubin2018
Countdown : 2979 days to the moon by Suzanne Slade2018
Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs by Melissa Stewart2018
Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact (National Geographic Kids) by Jennifer Swanson2018
Hidden City: Poems of Urban Wildlife by Sarah Grace Tuttle2018
Chomp!: Fierce facts about the BITE FORCE, CRUSHING JAWS, and MIGHTY TEETH of Earth's champion chewers (National Geographic Kids) by Brady Barr2017
Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire by Amy Guglielmo2017
Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! by Andrea J. Loney2017
Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm by Sue Macy2017
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin2017
Zoo Scientists to the Rescue by Patricia Newman2017
Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle by Deborah Lee Rose2017
The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia (CitizenKid) by Margriet Ruurs2017
Death on the River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon Adventure by Samantha Seiple2017
Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper by Anastasia Suen2017
ABCs from Space: A Discovered Alphabet by Adam Voiland2017
Bound by Ice: A True North Pole Survival Story by Sandra Neil Wallace2017
Water Wow! (A Visual Exploration) by Paula Ayer2016
Fashion Rebels: Style Icons Who Changed the World through Fashion by Carlyn Cerniglia Beccia2016
Good Trick Walking Stick by Sheri M. Bestor2016
Rocks, Minerals, and Gems: The Definitive Visual Catalog of the Treasure Beneath Your Feet by Sean Callery2016
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood2016
Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America by Gail Jarrow2016
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy2016
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy2016
Look and Learn Birds: PBS Kids by Sarah Parvis2016
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue by Suzanne Slade2016
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson2016
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner2016
Why'd They Wear That?: Fashion as the Mirror of History by Sarah Albee2015
The Rain Wizard: The Amazing, Mysterious, True Life of Charles Mallory Hatfield by Larry Dane Brimner2015
Shadow Catcher: How Edward S. Curtis Documented American Indian Dignity and Beauty (Captured History) by Michael Burgan2015
Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm by Karen Deans2015
Elephant Man by Mariangela Di Fiore2015
A Friend for Lakota: The Incredible True Story of a Wolf Who Braved Bullying by Jim Dutcher2015
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle2015
The Secret Galaxy (Tilbury House Nature) by Fran Hodgkins2015
Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary by Gail Jarrow2015
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark2015
Mogie: The Heart of the House by Kathi Appelt2014
Stubby the war dog : the true story of world war I 's bravest dog by Ann Bausum2014
Animals (Bone Collection) by Rob Scott Colson2014
Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi2014
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave by Shyima Hall2014
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J. Smith2014
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh2014
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle2014
Birmingham Sunday by Larry Dane Brimner2010
Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi2010
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave by Shyima Hall2010
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According To Susy) by Barbara Kerley2010
Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson2010
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J. Smith2010

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