Book Awards & Distinctions
for Marjorie Priceman
24 Total Book Awards
The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano (5)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2018

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2018
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2014
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2006
Miracle on 133rd Street (3)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2016
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1996

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1995

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1996
What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street (2)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Follow the Recipe: Poems about Imagination, Celebration, and Cake (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2021
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (1)
One of Each (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Rachel Fister's Blister (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990