Author record · 2006 to 2025

Uri Shulevitz: Awards and Best-of Lists

Uri Shulevitz has 3 shortlist or finalist places and 12 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime EuropeChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2025The Sky Was My BlanketKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2020Chance: Escape from the HolocaustNational Jewish Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Middle Grade Literature
2020Chance: Escape From the HolocaustChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers
2020Chance: Escape from the HolocaustBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers
2020ChanceKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2020Chance: Escape from the HolocaustPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2020Chance: Escape from the HolocaustHorn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2009How I Learned GeographyRandolph Caldecott Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Picture Book
2008How I Learned GeographyBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Young
2008How I Learned GeographyPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's Picture Books
2008How I Learned GeographySchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2006The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth CenturySydney Taylor Book Award source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Middle Grade
2006So Sleepy StoryBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: The Young
2006So Sleepy StoryKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's

Books

  1. Chance: Escape from the Holocaust6 sources · 2020
  2. How I Learned Geography4 sources · 2008 to 2009
  3. So Sleepy Story2 sources · 2006
  4. The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime Europe2 sources · 2025
  5. The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century1 source · 2006