| 2019 | River | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | River | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | River | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | Big Cat, Little Cat | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2017 | Big Cat, Little Cat | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2017 | Big Cat, Little Cat | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | Big Cat, Little Cat | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2015 | 8: An Animal Alphabet | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | 8: An Animal Alphabet | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | Train | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2012 | Homer | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2012 | Homer | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | Beaver Is Lost | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | Farm | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Picture | |
| 2008 | Ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool: A Year in An American High School | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Nonfiction | |
| 2006 | Beach | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |