Book Awards & Distinctions
for Brett Helquist
25 Total Book Awards
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2024

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2024

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2023

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
Odd and the Frost Giants (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2010

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 3-5 Selection, 2010
Chasing Vermeer (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Edgars Award, 1961-2025
Winner, 2005
Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World (2)
Cézanne's Parrot (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2020
The Calder Game (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth (1)

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2006
Just Being Dalí: The Story of Artist Salvador Dalí (1)
Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2017
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1984
Nadya Skylung and the Cloudship Rescue (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2018
Nadya Skylung and the Masked Kidnapper (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2020
Nutcracker Mice (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2017
A Stranger at Green Knowe (1)
The Vengekeep Prophecies (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2013
The Wright 3 (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007