| 2023 | Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2023 | A Walk in the Woods | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2023 | Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2023 | Just Jerry | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2023 | Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction Middle to High School | |
| 2020 | A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2020 | The Little Mermaid | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | In Plain Sight | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2017 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2015 | The Grasshopper & the Ants | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | The Grasshopper & the Ants | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | The Tortoise & the Hare | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2013 | The Tortoise & the Hare | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Picture | |
| 2013 | The Tortoise & the Hare | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | The Tortoise & the Hare | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2011 | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | The Lion & the Mouse | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Picture Book | |
| 2010 | The Lion & the Mouse | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2010 | Three Little Kittens | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Folk and Fairy Tales and Poetry | |
| 2009 | The Moon Over Star | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2009 | The Lion & the Mouse | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2009 | The Lion and the Mouse | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Folk and Fairy Tales and Poetry | |
| 2009 | The Lion & the Mouse | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Young | |
| 2009 | The Lion & the Mouse | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Picture | |
| 2009 | The Lion & the Mouse | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2007 | Little Red Riding Hood | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2006 | The Little Red Hen | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |