Children's Literature Award

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The Children's Literature Award was presented for an outstanding, significant, and original book in aeronautics and astronautics published within the last 2 years.

Starting in 2024, this award has been renamed as the AIAA Elementary (K-6th Grade) Children’s Literature Award and the AIAA Middle/High School (7-12th Grade) Children’s Literature Award. Please refer to those award pages for award scopes, criteria and deadlines.

Award Recipients

2023

  • Mr Clayton C Anderson
    Astro Clay, LLC
    Awarded
    Award: 2023 AIAA Children's Literature Award 
    AIAA Citation: Book: "Letters from Space"

2021

  • Billie Holladay Skelley
    Awarded
    Award: 2021 AIAA Children’s Literature Award
    AIAA Citation: Book: Ruth Law: The Queen of the Air

2017

  • Andrea Beaty
    Awarded
    Award: "Rosie Revere Engineer"

2015

  • Dr Margaret A Weitekamp
    Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
    Awarded
    Award: "Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery"

2011

  • Ms. Mary Kay Carson
    Awarded
    Award: “Wright Brothers for Kids”
    AIAA Citation: Published by Chicago Review Press

2009

  • Ms. Mary Kay Carson
    Awarded
    Award: "Exploring the Solar System"