Book Awards & Distinctions
for Brian Floca
48 Total Book Awards
Locomotive (11)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2014

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2013

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Winner, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (11)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2009

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2010

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2009

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2009

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2009
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring (7)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2010

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2011

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2010

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2010
Keeping the City Going (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2021
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
Princess Cora and the Crocodile (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

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

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2017
Lightship (2)
Poppy (2)
Hawk Rising (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
Old Wolf: A Fable (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2016
The Racecar Alphabet (1)
Sports! Sports! Sports!: A Poetry Collection (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
With Dad (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2024