Book Awards & Distinctions
for Rick Allen
18 Total Book Awards
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold (10)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 1998-2025
Younger Readers Winner, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2015
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2010

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2011

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2011

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2011

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2011