Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kevin Hawkes
35 Total Book Awards
Handel Who Knew What He Liked (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2002

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2001
Marven of the Great North Woods (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1998

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Picture Book Winner, 1997
Newton's Rainbow: The Revolutionary Discoveries of a Young Scientist (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2017

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2018
Sidewalk Circus (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2011
The Man Who Made Time Travel (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2004

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2004
Remy and Lulu (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2014
Weslandia (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
By the Light of the Halloween Moon (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Winner, 1994
Chicken Cheeks (1)

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2009
Dial-A-Ghost (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
The Dragonfly Pool (1)

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 6-8 Selection, 2009
I Was a Rat! (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Island of the Aunts (1)
Journey to the River Sea (1)
Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! (1)
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1995
Library Lion (1)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2014
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea (1)
Shoshi's Shabbat (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023
The Star of Kazan (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005