| 2024 | Animal Countdown | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | Blue | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | Blue | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | Blue | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | Green | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2012 | Green | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Green | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2012 | Green | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2012 | Green | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2010 | What If? | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | What If? | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2009 | One Boy | Theodor Seuss Geisel Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Beginning Reader | |
| 2008 | First the Egg | Theodor Seuss Geisel Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Beginning Reader | |
| 2008 | First the Egg | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2008 | One Boy | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Young | |
| 2008 | One Boy | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Picture Books | |
| 2007 | Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Picture Book | |
| 2007 | Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2007 | Dog and Bear: Two Friends Three Stories | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Picture Books | |
| 2007 | First the Egg | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2006 | Black? White! Day? Night! | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: The Young | |
| 2006 | Black? White! Day? Night!: A Book of Opposites | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |