Author record · 2006 to 2025
Jane Yolen: Awards and Best-of Lists
Jane Yolen has won 2 awards, including the Locus Awards (2006) for Pay the Piper, with 6 shortlist or finalist places and 9 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Adam Stemple, Andrew Fusek Peters, Illustrated by Chris Sheban
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Young Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | The Many Problems of Rochel-Leah | National Jewish Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Children's Picture Book | |
| 2022 | Yuck, You Suck!: Poems About Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2021 | Miriam at the River | Sydney Taylor Book Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2021 | The Midnight Circus | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2019 | How to Fracture a Fairy Tale | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2019 | Mapping the Bones | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Book | |
| 2019 | Eek, You Reek! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | The Emerald Circus | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Collection | |
| 2017 | Thunder Underground | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2016 | What To Do with a Box | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2012 | Bug Off!: Creepy, Crawly Poems | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Folk and Fairy Tales and Poetry | |
| 2011 | Birds of A Feather: Poems | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Folk and Fairy Tales and Poetry | |
| 2010 | Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Folk and Fairy Tales and Poetry | |
| 2009 | Naming Liberty | Sydney Taylor Book Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2007 | Here’s a Little Poem | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Young | |
| 2006 | Pay the Piper | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young Adult Book |
Books
- Birds of A Feather: Poems1 source · 2011
- Bug Off!: Creepy, Crawly Poems1 source · 2012
- Eek, You Reek!1 source · 2019
- Here’s a Little Poem1 source · 2007
- His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen1 source · 2025
- How to Fracture a Fairy Tale1 source · 2019
- Mapping the Bones1 source · 2019
- Miriam at the River1 source · 2021
- Naming Liberty1 source · 2009
- Pay the Piper1 source · 2006
- Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems1 source · 2010
- The Emerald Circus1 source · 2018
- The Many Problems of Rochel-Leah1 source · 2024
- The Midnight Circus1 source · 2021
- Thunder Underground1 source · 2017
- What To Do with a Box1 source · 2016
- Yuck, You Suck!: Poems About Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck1 source · 2022