| 2024 | The Rock in My Throat | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Young Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | From the Tops of the Trees | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2021 | From the Tops of the Trees | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2021 | From the Tops of the Trees | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | The Most Beautiful Thing | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | The Most Beautiful Thing | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Somewhere in the Unknown World | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | The Most Beautiful Thing | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | A Map Into the World | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | The Song Poet | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Autobiography | |
| 2016 | The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |