Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kathryn Lasky
25 Total Book Awards
Marven of the Great North Woods (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1998

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Picture Book Winner, 1997
Newton's Rainbow: The Revolutionary Discoveries of a Young Scientist (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2018

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

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2018
The Extra (2)

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

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2014
The Man Who Made Time Travel (2)

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2004
The Night Journey (2)

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Children's Winner, 1982

Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Honor, 2001
Chasing Orion (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Georgia Rises: A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Glass: A Cinderella Tale (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2024
Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
John Muir: America's First Environmentalist (1)
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1995
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy (1)
Shadows in the Dawn: The Lemurs of Madagascar (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer (1)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2022
She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head! (1)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1995
Sugaring Time (1)

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 1984
Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker (1)
The Weaver's Gift (1)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1981