Author record · 2006 to 2025
Catherine Thimmesh: Awards and Best-of Lists
Catherine Thimmesh has won 1 award, the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (2007) for Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 11 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg : A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2025 | Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2018 | Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2018 | Camp Panda | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2014 | Scaly, Spotted, Feathered, Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like? | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2013 | Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like? | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books | |
| 2013 | Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like? | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like? | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Friends | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2009 | Lucy Long Ago: Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came From | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2007 | Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Informational Book | |
| 2007 | Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2006 | Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's |
Books
- Scaly, Spotted, Feathered, Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like?4 sources · 2013 to 2014
- Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild3 sources · 2018 to 2019
- Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon3 sources · 2006 to 2007
- Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg : A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines2 sources · 2025
- Friends1 source · 2011
- Lucy Long Ago: Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came From1 source · 2009