Book Awards & Distinctions
for Sid Fleischman
18 Total Book Awards
The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (3)
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2007

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West (3)
Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2010
The Whipping Boy (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1986

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 1987
Bandit's Moon (1)
The Dream Stealer (1)
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk (1)
Humbug Mountain (1)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1979
McBroom the Rainmaker (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Honor, 1974