Book Awards & Distinctions
for Timothy Basil Ering
13 Total Book Awards
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 2004

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Finalist, 2004
Snook Alone (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2010
The Brimstone Journals (1)
Finn Throws a Fit (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Mr. & Mrs. God in the Creation Kitchen (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling (1)
Walrus Song (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2022
Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron (1)

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