Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Award

Given by Cleveland Public Library

35 Works 12,251 Books 986 Reviews 4.3
The Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Award was established in 1998 to honor excellence in the field of biography for children. The Sugarman Award was established by Joan G. Sugarman in show more memory of her husband, Norman A. Sugarman, a prominent tax attorney who was born and raised in Cleveland and later served in Washington, D.C. The Sugarman Award is given biennially by Cleveland Public Library and presented to a writer and/or illustrator of a new biography for children’s grades Kindergarten through 8th grade. The Award is presented in April in alternate years in celebration of National Library Week. It is for a work published in the previous two calendar years.

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Stages:
All, Winner (12), Honor Book (23)
Years:
All, 2022 (5), 2020 (4), 2018 (3), 2016 (3), 2014 (3), 2012 (3), 2010 (2), 2008 (4), 2006 (3), 2004 (3), 2002 (1), 2000 (1)

Winner 12

WorkYear
Exquisite : the poetry and life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade2022
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryan2020
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet2018
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita Silvey2016
Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words by Leda Schubert2014
The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China by Ed Young2012
George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden2010
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin by Larry Dane Brimner2008
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by James Rumford2006
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Muñoz Ryan2004
Savion!: My Life in Tap by Savion Glover2002
Chuck Close: Up Close by Jan Greenberg2000

Honor Book 23

WorkYear
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson2022
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty2022
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd2022
The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship by Kim Tomsic2022
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson by Jen Bryant2020
Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's First Bookmobile by Sharlee Glenn2020
Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes2020
Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México by Duncan Tonatiuh2018
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford2018
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh2016
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson2016
Chuck Close: Face Book by Chuck Close2014
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery2014
Black and White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor by Larry Dane Brimner2012
Harry Houdini: The Legend of the World's Greatest Escape Artist by Janice Weaver2012
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming2010
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr.2008
Delicious: The Art and Life of Wayne Thiebaud by Susan Goldman Rubin2008
Dizzy by Jonah Winter2008
Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin2006
Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Wynton Marsalis2006
Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd2004
Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy by Ilene Cooper2004

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