Book Awards & Distinctions
for Ed Young
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 55 Total Book Awards
The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2011
Bird & Diz (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Emergent Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2015
Nighttime Ninja (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Elementary Selection, 2012

Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2013

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Picture Book Selection, 2012
Wabi Sabi (4)

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2008

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2009
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (3)
Seven Blind Mice (3)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2023
Winner, 1992

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 1993
Shanghai Messenger (3)

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2006
The Cat from Hunger Mountain (2)

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Character Building Selection, 2017
Cats are Cats: Poems (2)

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 1988

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
The Double Life of Pocahontas (2)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2023
Winner, 1984

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1983
The Hunter (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry) (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Arts Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2020
Tsunami! (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (2)
Dreamcatcher (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
The Emperor and the Kite (1)

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 1968
Foolish Rabbit's Big Mistake (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
Mice Are Nice (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1)
Sadako (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
A Strange Place to Call Home: The World's Most Dangerous Habitats & the Animals That Call Them Home (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2012
Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay: The Boy Whose Dream Was Everest (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
What About Me? (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (1)

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2023
Winner, 1933