Book Awards & Distinctions
for Phillip Hoose
51 Total Book Awards
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (11)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2010

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2009

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2010

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2010

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2010

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2010

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2010
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 (11)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2013

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2012

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2012

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2013

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2013
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (6)

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

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2005

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2005
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History (4)

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

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2001

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2001
Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! (3)
Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Series Nonfiction Selection, 2023
Hey, Little Ant (1)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 1999
It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993