Book Awards & Distinctions
for Paul Fleischman
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 56 Total Book Awards
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines (8)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Winner, 2015

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

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2015

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
The Matchbox Diary (5)

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

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Seedfolks (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Honor, 1998

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 1998

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 1998

Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Honor, 2017
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 1989
Seek (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2001
Sidewalk Circus (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word (2)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Honor, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2020
Breakout (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Bull Run (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 1994
The Class with Wings (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2025
Dateline: Troy (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
The Dunderheads (2)
First Light, First Life: A Worldwide Creation Story (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Folktales Selection, 2017
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella (2)
Weslandia (2)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Whirligig (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Honor, 1999
Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
The Borning Room (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Honor, 1992
Fearsome Giant, Fearless Child: A Worldwide Jack and the Beanstalk Story (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2019
Graven Images: Three Stories (1)

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 1983
The Half-A-Moon Inn (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Honor, 1981
Lost! a Story in String (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer's Road to Page One (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2020
Path of the Pale Horse (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Honor, 1984