Awards





TIARA’S HAT PARADE
By Kelly Starling Lyons | Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- 2019 CHRISTOPHER award, books for young people
- WSRA Children’s Literature: Picture This 2021 Recommendation List
- Penn GSE Graduate School of Education, The Best Books for Young Readers of 2020
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association BCALA, 2020
- Best of the Best Booklist
- Read Across America, Picture Book of the Month March 2021
Follow me down to nicodemus town
By A. LaFaye | Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- Kansas state notable award

Lucky Beans
By Becky Bertha | Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- 2012-2013 Arkansas Diamond Primary Award
- Named one of the CCBC Choices 2011, the annual best-of-the-year list of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC)
- Named one of the 2010 Notable Books for Children list
- Named one of the New York Public Library’s Best 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 2010.

First Peas to the Table
By Susan Grigsby | Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- 2013 Growing Good Kids Excellence in Children’s Literature Award
- Selected by the Nebraska Farm Bureau’s as the 2012 Children’s Agricultural Book of the year for grades K-3
- 2013 Learning Magazine’s Teachers Choice Award

In the Garden with Dr. Carver
By Susan Grigsby | Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- 2011 Growing Good Kids Excellence in Children’s Literature Award
- 2012-2013 Children’s Triple Crown Gallery Award Nominee
- A 2011 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- A 2011 Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education

Josias, Hold the Book
By Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren | Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- 2006 Américas Award
- 2006 Bank Street College of Education
- Eastern Washington University Excellent Choice
- 2006 Growing Good Kids Award
- Maine’s A Capital Read

No Mush Today
By Sally Derby | Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education

Fatuma’s New Cloth
By Leslie Bulion | Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- 2003 Children’s Africana Book Award

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