Book Awards & Distinctions
for Peter Sís
4 Lifetime Achievement Awards 74 Total Book Awards
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (11)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2008

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2008

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2007

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2007

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2008

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2008

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2008

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2008
The Dreamer (10)

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

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2010

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2012

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010

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

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Winner, 2011
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupery (6)

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2014

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued (4)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2022

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Honor, 2022
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1997

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996

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

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1997
Tibet: Through the Red Box (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1999

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Commended, 1999

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1999
The Train of States (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2004
The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist and Thinker (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2003
Fire Truck (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1999

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
In Praise of Mystery (2)

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
It's Up to Us: Building a Brighter Future for Nature, People & Planet (2)

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Honor, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2023
Madlenka (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2000
Madlenka's Dog (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2003

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North (2)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1993
The Three Golden Keys (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1994
The Whipping Boy (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1986

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 1987
Animal Sense (1)

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2004
Ballerina! (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Dinosaur! (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
The Dragons Are Singing Tonight (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
The Dream Stealer (1)
El soñador (1)
Komodo! (1)
Play, Mozart, Play! (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Rainbow Rhino (1)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1987
Robinson (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2018
Scranimals (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
The Wind Singer (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001