Book Awards & Distinctions
for Molly Bang
49 Total Book Awards
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth (6)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2014

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Ecology & Nature Honor, 2015
When Sophie Gets Angry...Really, Really Angry (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2000

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2000

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2000
Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2009

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Ecology & Nature Honor, 2009
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Honor, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2012
Little Rat Sets Sail (3)

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2002
Rivers of Sunlight: How the Sun Moves Water Around the Earth (3)

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2017
When Sophie Thinks She Can't... (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2018

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2025
Honor, 2019
Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share (2)
Dawn (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1983
The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher (2)

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1981
My Light (2)

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2004
Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Ecology & Nature Honor, 2002
The Paper Crane (2)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1986

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
Ten, Nine, Eight (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1983

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1984
When Sophie's Feelings Are Really, Really Hurt (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2016
Goose (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Little Rat Makes Music (1)
Little Rat Rides (1)

Gryphon Award, 2004-2021
Winner, 2005
Tiger's Fall (1)

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2002
Yellow Ball (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991